Reverse Osmosis Water

kyrie_eleison · 08-31-2007, 04:29 PM

Are there RO units that do not have to be pre-installed into your plumbing? If so, where can they be purchased. I was thinking of a kind of "hose" that can be directly fed into the RO unit and filtered accordingly for the water output. Is there such a thing?

burning2nd · 08-31-2007, 04:48 PM

The Filter Guys

the awnser is yes... you dont need to do anything speical to get it hooked up...

if your renting and worried about makeing a leak its ez.

home depot for 1/4 push in fitings.. home depot for 2 bags or 20ft 1/4 line.. a few 1/4 in and 1/4 out ball vaulves

simple perice valve will come with the setup...

but i replaced with a nice one from home depot..

i put a ball valve in there right ther after i punched in... so that when i leave...

i can simple close the valve unplug from the the other side. and be done...

my rodi can be removed in like 2 min with out any water leaking.

the yellow line then goes thur that wall and to the holeing tank on the ground there.

BigAl07 · 08-31-2007, 04:49 PM

The RO unit needs some pressure in order to "Force" the water through the membranes. I have seen a portable RO unit but it's output was very minimal at best. Sorry I don't have a link handy right now.

Allen

BigAl07 · 08-31-2007, 04:51 PM

Hey runding2nd, what is that R/C plane you have there? I have been RCing for 30 years now (started at 6).

Sorry about the HIJACK!!

A.

burning2nd · 08-31-2007, 05:01 PM

i know i know every time i show my Ro setup... it goes right to rc ing...

Helo's planes gas and electice cars.. boats trains the hole thing.....

if you are on city water you will have more then enough psi.. if not.. then make sure its behind your Pressure tank... as i did.

the copper line comes from the pressure tank and goes to the water heater....
you want to not use hot water... thats bad... that blue valve can be turned off.. and then unpluged right there to remove the ro unit....

the clear line you see is going from the ro holding tank to the ATO..

anyway
the other side of the wall.....
yellow line in to the rodi unit... another valve that i use to turn it on and off..
(2 ball valves on the inlet side)

burning2nd · 08-31-2007, 05:04 PM

oh wait i think i miss understood.....

where i taped in to the pipes... you can put a speical fiting on it if you want to connect to a faucet

kyrie_eleison · 08-31-2007, 07:12 PM

interesting. There's nothing like a big unit that all I would be required to do is plug it in and let it run?

burning2nd · 08-31-2007, 07:39 PM

thats it..... see the ball valve thats lowest left in the 6th pic... thats the one i use to turn it on... the on top is turn it off if i dont want it to go to the tank.... the one to the right IS if i wanted to go to a bucket to fill something up and en exit b4 the holding tank...

really simple

Jake · 08-31-2007, 08:17 PM

Original question: Yes there are RO/DI hookups that connect directly to a hose. Basically any RO/DI unit can connect to a hose. All you need is the hose adapter connector. I ordered my RO/DI unit from Water General and it has been a great unit. They also have the hose adapter as an option. Check on ebay if you are looking for an RO/DI unit, there are good buys if you look.

kyrie_eleison · 09-04-2007, 12:05 PM

I see. You've all provided me some interesting ideas. I have another question that has crossed my mind lately. Which is better to have? A Reverse Osmosis system or a De-Ionized system? This is probably an age old question.

AQTCJAK · 09-04-2007, 12:17 PM

An Ro/Di system is best

burning2nd · 09-04-2007, 02:03 PM

Ro is one thing... and Di is another...

you will not be able to use just DI water... Di water is not clean it is Deionzed not

ro water is cleaned then after its cleaned its DI'd

08-31-2007, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
kyrie_eleison Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 View Gallery Karma Komment	Reverse Osmosis Water Are there RO units that do not have to be pre-installed into your plumbing? If so, where can they be purchased. I was thinking of a kind of "hose" that can be directly fed into the RO unit and filtered accordingly for the water output. Is there such a thing?

08-31-2007, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water The Filter Guys the awnser is yes... you dont need to do anything speical to get it hooked up... if your renting and worried about makeing a leak its ez. home depot for 1/4 push in fitings.. home depot for 2 bags or 20ft 1/4 line.. a few 1/4 in and 1/4 out ball vaulves simple perice valve will come with the setup... but i replaced with a nice one from home depot.. i put a ball valve in there right ther after i punched in... so that when i leave... i can simple close the valve unplug from the the other side. and be done... my rodi can be removed in like 2 min with out any water leaking. the yellow line then goes thur that wall and to the holeing tank on the ground there. __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

08-31-2007, 04:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water The RO unit needs some pressure in order to "Force" the water through the membranes. I have seen a portable RO unit but it's output was very minimal at best. Sorry I don't have a link handy right now. Allen __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

08-31-2007, 04:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water Hey runding2nd, what is that R/C plane you have there? I have been RCing for 30 years now (started at 6). Sorry about the HIJACK!! A. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

08-31-2007, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water i know i know every time i show my Ro setup... it goes right to rc ing... Helo's planes gas and electice cars.. boats trains the hole thing..... if you are on city water you will have more then enough psi.. if not.. then make sure its behind your Pressure tank... as i did. the copper line comes from the pressure tank and goes to the water heater.... you want to not use hot water... thats bad... that blue valve can be turned off.. and then unpluged right there to remove the ro unit.... the clear line you see is going from the ro holding tank to the ATO.. anyway the other side of the wall..... yellow line in to the rodi unit... another valve that i use to turn it on and off.. (2 ball valves on the inlet side) __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

08-31-2007, 05:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water oh wait i think i miss understood..... where i taped in to the pipes... you can put a speical fiting on it if you want to connect to a faucet __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

08-31-2007, 07:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
kyrie_eleison Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water interesting. There's nothing like a big unit that all I would be required to do is plug it in and let it run?

08-31-2007, 07:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water thats it..... see the ball valve thats lowest left in the 6th pic... thats the one i use to turn it on... the on top is turn it off if i dont want it to go to the tank.... the one to the right IS if i wanted to go to a bucket to fill something up and en exit b4 the holding tank... really simple __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

08-31-2007, 08:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jake Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 267 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water Original question: Yes there are RO/DI hookups that connect directly to a hose. Basically any RO/DI unit can connect to a hose. All you need is the hose adapter connector. I ordered my RO/DI unit from Water General and it has been a great unit. They also have the hose adapter as an option. Check on ebay if you are looking for an RO/DI unit, there are good buys if you look. __________________ 75 Gal Setup 4/07 Fish: Purple Tang 6", Solarensis Fairy Wrasse, Pajama Cardinal, Two Ocellarous Clowns, Firefish Inverts: Few Red leg hermits, Few Turbo Snails, 3 Nassarius Snails, 3 large Trochus Grazer snails, 3 conch, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp Coral: Frogspawn, Blastos, White Candy Cane, Yellow candycane, Fox Coral, African Blue Xenia, Pom Pom Xenia, Long White Polyp Tip Leather, Pink Pavona, Blue, Green, Orange Recordia, Orange Monti Cap, Kenya Tree, Green Star Polyp, Armour of God Zoa, Cat Eye Zoa, Pink Zoa, Red Zoa.

09-04-2007, 12:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
kyrie_eleison Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water I see. You've all provided me some interesting ideas. I have another question that has crossed my mind lately. Which is better to have? A Reverse Osmosis system or a De-Ionized system? This is probably an age old question.

09-04-2007, 12:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,267 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water An Ro/Di system is best __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com

09-04-2007, 02:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reverse Osmosis Water Ro is one thing... and Di is another... you will not be able to use just DI water... Di water is not clean it is Deionzed not ro water is cleaned then after its cleaned its DI'd __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

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