My slow 135g build

[JoJo]

i know what you mean Sarah, i guess thats one of those loop holes.

thanks Scott. i'm thinking of buying either the "10g package" or just some LR that cost about the same price, what do yall think?

[JoJo]

we're heading to HD to get eggcrate & a few pipe adapters, when i return its time to add the sand and start getting wet. i still havent figured out what to do with the drain water from the RO unit, i'm thinking of running it to the pool somehow.

[nikkipigtails]

Awesome JoJo. Looks like you're going to beat us. I don't know how the hell I'm going to get Tommy's butt in gear because looking at all this crap lying around my living room is really starting to piss me off. Sorry about the rant.

[JoJo]

no reason to be sorry Nikki, i've been hearing those same words from Kim for the past couple of weeks. you know...bribes work wonders IMO.

[JoJo]

ok, we are officially wet, barely but still we're wet. there's a small puddle on the floor of the tank. the sand wont be in the tank until i get the screens for the CL, hopefully by then the tank is full.

i thought kim was going to pass out when she saw how many gallons of water was "waste" compared to RO. she asked if there's a way to recirculate the waste through the RO unit, which got me thinking, i havent come up with anything yet. anyone ever heard of doing this?

well, its Memorial Day, the tank is wet & the weather is great what better reasons to celebrate than with a with a dip in the pool and a nice bottle of

Happy Memorial Day

[althea2you]

Happy Memorial Day!!!! have a good one!

i will be looking forward to hearing an answer on the waste water as well....

[framerguy]

Woo Hoo!!! We are WET!

[tbittner]

I think about the only way to use the waste is to run it into another RO/DI unit, but you'd still have a good bit of waste. Supposedly, the waste gets less and less as the unit breaks in. Most people use it for swimming pools, fresh water ponds, gardens, things like that. Put a barrel outside and capture it and use it to water the yard.

[okiejaco]

Congrats, JoJo. Looking forward to pictures with it full of water.

[Dentoid]

[BarbMazz]

Congratulations, JoJo! I know exactly how you are feeling; it's just the best moment!

I'd love to find a way to use the waste water, too. My RO is in the basement so we'd have to find a way to get it up and out of the house. I don't feel like thinking about it!

[JoJo]

Thanks Sarah & Greg. also Terry, i'm thinking of running the drain all the way to the pool. right now i have about 40ft of 1/4" drain line from the RO unit & it still have a nice flow, about more 25ft would get it to the pool. i was going to do the pond, but i would have to worry about
the dogs drinking out of it when they're out back & it overflowing.

[JoJo]

hey Okie, i'll post pics of the water level soon. right now its only 1/5 of the way up.

Scott, nice pics, its that from the amazing camera you have?

Barb, if i come up with any useful idea,k i'll let you know.

[tbittner]

I'm assuming that running a line to the pool is pretty much at the same height as the RO/DI unit? If the waste water needs to be pushed UP away from the RO/DI unit, it costs you about 1.5 PSI per foot in elevation. That's not much but it's just something to be aware of. It could reduce the production of the unit.

If it turns out that it reduces the production too much, you could catch the waste into a barrel, stick a sump pump (cheap one from Lowes) in the barrel, and let it occasionally pump the water out to the pool.

[JoJo]

good idea Terry.