Ro Water Question

[beechey]

im thinking about going the ro water route

but i use my shower for water changes as i can set my temp ie 30DEG for my discus but could i set my shower up for ro water

or is this just a silly idea ??

dont know if u can use a ro filter for this, i persume its ok for humans lol

any comments welcome

 

[matchstickman47]

can you use a britta filter

 

[bronzecat]

Hi

Interesting question I have just gotten an RO unit for a marine set up i'm just starting. If you mean, can you have an RO unit prior to the shower? i would say no. The unit i have produces up to 50 gallons a day, so you wouldn't get enough pressure through the shower.

If you do move over to RO for your fresh water fish, dont forget that you have to add a product such as "RO Right" to put back the good bits that the RO unit has removed

 

[Syphoniera]

Actually, I've heard of people running their use-water through an RO filter - it'd cost a fortune for the whole house, but you should be able to hunt something down, as they are available, although I've no idea where.
There are also filters you can get to go over the actual showerhead to reduce chlorine, although you'd have to run tests as they'd probably lose efficiency fairly quickly, even though I believe they're recommended in annual changes.
But with the amount of chemical pollution in our drinking water, a growing number of people are concerned also about what they're breathing in the shower, so there are probably quite a number of methods available, if you can find the right search terms.

 

[beechey]

my reason for thinkin this is that i like doing quick water changes so didnt want to have to heat the cold water
ill have to have a look around for ro units

 

[raptorrex]

my reason for thinkin this is that i like doing quick water changes so didnt want to have to heat the cold water
ill have to have a look around for ro units

humm, the water will be cold by the time it gets through the RO unit. anyway, who uses warm water for water changes? there is no reason too (providing its less than 40%)

 

[bronzecat]

Hi

RO units need to plumbed into the cold water feed, thats what is says on the instructions, so any heating of it would have to come after the RO unit.

Apart from the various filters and chambers an RO unit has, it also has a flow restrictor. I not entirely sure how some power showers work, but if they are fitted with an inbuilt pump to increase the pressure through the shower head it may, A) pull water through the RO unit too fast, or
B) cause damage to the shower unit due to having to little water coming through it.

Yeh, there are massive industrial sized RO units that will produce large amounts of RO per hour, but that wold cost a small fortune.

I just run the RO water into a water container, with a heater in it

 

[raptorrex]

same question again. why heat the water?

 

[beechey]

so do you do cold water changes? i always do water changes with the water goin back in to the tank the same temp that it came out , thats why i use the shoer as i can set the water to 30 deg

can you post pics of your ro water set up please
is hma water the same as ro water ?

 

[bronzecat]

Why heat the water? Well, when you are changing the water on small tanks, i.e. 3 gallon betta tanks, the shock of cold water wouldn't actually do them any good.

Even on bigger tanks, large water changes should be slowly if using cold water.

ref the RO unit, check this site out http/www.ro-man.com/

 

[OohFeeshy]

Any reason for wanting to use RO?

 

[bronzecat]

Any reason for wanting to use RO?

Me personally have only just started making RO for my marine set-up. All but one of my lfs's use RO on their marines and as thats where i will be buying my stock, the water should be virtually identical in its make up leading to less stress on the fish.

 

[matchstickman47]

does ro stand for reverse osmosis.....isnt this like a britta filter

 

[Truck]

britta isnt RO

RO is reverse osmosis, where 98% of all chemicals and metals are removed

 

[matchstickman47]

wow you are quite le truck

isnt that guna be like keeping a kid in a bubble
they have no imune system or somthing due to not needing one

and also i have no disire for a reef setup
the amount of fish you are able to stock a reef tank with disapointed me