Guess I’ve just seen the ones all plumbed into houses and assumed that was the deal! What do you use?Rodi units can be stored in a cupboard until needed, no reason why being in an apartment should stop you, it hasn't stopped me.
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Guess I’ve just seen the ones all plumbed into houses and assumed that was the deal! What do you use?Rodi units can be stored in a cupboard until needed, no reason why being in an apartment should stop you, it hasn't stopped me.
You can look into a faucet adapter fitting that will attach if you remove the aerator. Just need to find one that fits your faucet!Guess I’ve just seen the ones all plumbed into houses and assumed that was the deal! What do you use?
Change the tip of the kitchen faucet to the garden hose adapter .Rodi units can be stored in a cupboard until needed, no reason why being in an apartment should stop you, it hasn't stopped me.
Guess I’ve just seen the ones all plumbed into houses and assumed that was the deal! What do you use?
Sounds like your making progress! How much water do you purchase? Might be better and cheaper to try one of the purified water dispensing machines some stores have. You could pump it through a mixed bed DI canister too if needed fora little extra filteringWELL. Interesting day at the LFS. I brought a sample of fresh saltwater for them to test. I did not tell them what it was. Their test (RedSea) came out .16. So then we get into it. Turns out they do not make RODI water just DI filtered water. “So yeah, there’s usually phosphate in there. You can run GFO or something.” WOW. Their demeanor told the story. They seemed a little embarrassed and well they might be.
While this was happening I could overhear a conversation with another customer over their test results. He told them their dKH was at 2, which was what they told me when testing my parameters the week before (a number so wildly impossible I duly ignored it.) I wanted to run over there and call out this BS. This is an established, well known LFS. The whole this was confounding.
So, there’s another place I’ll check in with this week, but failing that I’ll try to figure out a home solution. None of my faucets are “RODI ready.” I have some Phosban in a media bag, and will plan on getting the skimmer back in. I could never get it working quite right, but it can’t hurt. As frustrating as this was at least I finally know what’s up. In a weird way it has made me more confident in what I’m doing.
Yikes!WELL. Interesting day at the LFS. I brought a sample of fresh saltwater for them to test. I did not tell them what it was. Their test (RedSea) came out .16. So then we get into it. Turns out they do not make RODI water just DI filtered water. “So yeah, there’s usually phosphate in there. You can run GFO or something.” WOW. Their demeanor told the story. They seemed a little embarrassed and well they might be.
While this was happening I could overhear a conversation with another customer over their test results. He told them their dKH was at 2, which was what they told me when testing my parameters the week before (a number so wildly impossible I duly ignored it.) I wanted to run over there and call out this BS. This is an established, well known LFS. The whole this was confounding.
So, there’s another place I’ll check in with this week, but failing that I’ll try to figure out a home solution. None of my faucets are “RODI ready.” I have some Phosban in a media bag, and will plan on getting the skimmer back in. I could never get it working quite right, but it can’t hurt. As frustrating as this was at least I finally know what’s up. In a weird way it has made me more confident in what I’m doing.
Wow, I mean this sounds like it’s literally RODI water. This could really be the solution.Something like this. https://primowater.com/self-service-refill-water/
I believe it is sediment, carbon and RO so you would need a small pump and a mixed bed DI canister. Might be worth checking out though if you really can't find a way to get a RODI hooked up somewhere in your apartment.Wow, I mean this sounds like it’s literally RODI water. This could really be the solution.
No not necessarily but in a bind it would be easy and inexpensive to test the water from the machine for TDS and chlorines to make sure both the carbon and the RO is working. Have you actually gone around to various Primo water machines to test them? I haven't, so can't make any claims to how good they are but an RO is pretty hard to screw up so I suspect they are pretty decent, enough so that filtering it through a mixed bed DI at home would take out anything that would still be in the water. Would certainly be better than his LFS at .16 PO4! Distilled from a jug is great but the $ can really add up fast when you need gallons and gallons.This is a perfect example of why I'm so vocal about RODI vs distilled debates.
You simply cannot trust RODI or purified water claims from commercial sources, and LFS stores are by far the worst offenders. Grocery stores are next. Ive had too many LFS stores get caught selling tap instead of RODI. Somebody has to change those filters at the grocery store. Typically its the kid who works in bottle return. You trust him,?
If you have to get commercial water get distilled. It comes from large scale purification machines. If at all possible plumb your own RODI.
How much water are you using each week?Yeah, reading some threads on here re: Primo and it all boils down to “can you trust it.” I could test TDS on it as I buy it, but I would still need an alternative if it failed. If I’m filtering that, might as well do the whole shebang.
As for plumbing a RODI, it’s just an old place with odd fixtures and plumbing. It might take a little creativity on my part. And though there’s nothing in my lease agreement that says I can’t have an aquarium, my landlord is... well, I’d rather keep it under the radar. It’s the building’s water too, so crazy as it sounds he might notice the extra consumption.
Not all that much, around 5 gallons a week with WCs. Might be less if I can get my phosphate under control lol. That’s why I’m ok with buying jugs of RODI is it’s possible. Making this at home is another level of hassle and gear I’d just as soon avoid. We’ll see.How much water are you using each week?
I’m trying to get a handle on my phosphate levels, but have been confronted by odd test results. Not trying to chase numbers, but suddenly feels like I’m flying blind. Tank has been running six months, and everything seems happy. No algae outbreaks. Weekly water changes and nitrates run between 5-10.
I’ve tested with RedSea Pro since startup and have been consistently read .1-.12 on the dial (with 17ml tank water test.)
I picked up the Hanna Phosphate ULR and get .9! (Confirmed twice.)
I took a sample to my LFS and was told .35 They were crazy wrong on other parameters, so I really don’t trust that number either.
I don’t understand the divergent results, or that they would seem to be out of line with my relatively low nitrate levels. Any suggestions?