Ro Waste Water

[apester]

I have an RO system and I use the good RO water for my Discus tanks. I end up pouring the waste water down the drain. Could I use this waste water for Angel fish or guppies? I keep the Angel Fish and Guppies in my tap water now with no problems. Does the waste RO water have a higher concentration of elements that would cause problems for the Angel Fish? I am tired of wasting the water but I don't feel like carrying buckets of water outside to the garden.

So is it ok to use waste RO water with other fish such as Angel Fish? The Angel Fish are 3 months old. Also I have heard it is better to raise Discus in hard water when they are young could I use the waste RO for young Discus? Thanks!

 

[steelhealr]

Waste water from an RO filter is exactly that....WASTE. SH

 

[Squid]

How far away is the garden then

 

[mrjames]

no you cant use the waste out of the good water, stop being lazy lmao!

 

[velcrohead]

All my tank change and waste RO water goes into a water butt for the garden.

 

[apester]

I am not trying to be lazy. It is just that I use 20 gallons of RO water a day for my Discus and that means at least 60 gallons of waste water and I can't use all that in the garden plus moving it outside with 5 gallon buckets gets old.

There isn't a high concentration of ammonia, nitrites, or chlorine in the waste water. I think it just becomes really hard water with a lot of total disolved solids. I wasn't sure if hard water would be ok for Angel Fish or maybe African Cichlids.

I would just like to use the water instead of dumping it down the drain.

Thanks for your replies.

 

[velcrohead]

Have you done any tests on the waste RO water, it might just be ok for hard water fish, I have never tested mine so do not know what sort of levels to expect, but this would change from region to region anyway.

 

[diademhill]

Pump the waste to your header tank in the loft & use it
for flushing & washing.

 

[andywg]

Pump the waste to your header tank in the loft & use it
for flushing & washing.

That would of course assume that he has a header tank... Not everyone does now with the growing popularity of combi-boilers.

 

[diademhill]

Pump the waste to your header tank in the loft & use it
for flushing & washing.

That would of course assume that he has a header tank... Not everyone does now with the growing popularity of combi-boilers.

True, But it costs about £50 for a header tank & ballcock. Maybe £100 to twin feed to the main loo.

60 gallons a week is worth retrieving.

 

[steelhealr]

Waste water can contain other chemicals in the water that are not measured by gH kits. I would not put it in MY aquarium. SH

 

[k.o.d]

Before the water even gets to my RO membrane it goes through 2 x 1 micron carbon block filters and a CBR/HMA filter, this water is definitely OK to use and I use it to remineralise the RO water ( 75-25 and 50-50 dependent on the tank )
If you have decent pre-filtration the water is absolutely fine to use.