brokeinlbc
08-26-2009, 07:32 PM
First post pleasentries:
Hey everybody. I am trying to figure out the best way for me to effeciently do the proper amount of water changes. The tap water is ph 8.3, tds is 330. Obviously chlorimine and all the other fun stuff water in the desert (long beach) has. I have a rodi system in place but I dont like wasting all the water. not the price of it just the wasting of it. My tank is 125 gallons with 1 4 inch discus that I think is stunted. The other inhabitants are angels, bushynose plecos, few tetras, and an overzealous yoyo loach. Well basically I need to step up my water changes. Here is what im thinking.
I have a 5 micron and the carbon kind in the ro canisters but no ro. This does nothing other than remove chlorine and large sediment with no waste. However doesnt help with any of the other issues. I was thinking of filling an ro canister with peat and one with the di resin after the 5 micron and carbon. Would this be an effective way of filtering and softening the water to an acceptable level? What about with just running the water through the 3 filters without di filter? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks sean
Hey everybody. I am trying to figure out the best way for me to effeciently do the proper amount of water changes. The tap water is ph 8.3, tds is 330. Obviously chlorimine and all the other fun stuff water in the desert (long beach) has. I have a rodi system in place but I dont like wasting all the water. not the price of it just the wasting of it. My tank is 125 gallons with 1 4 inch discus that I think is stunted. The other inhabitants are angels, bushynose plecos, few tetras, and an overzealous yoyo loach. Well basically I need to step up my water changes. Here is what im thinking.
I have a 5 micron and the carbon kind in the ro canisters but no ro. This does nothing other than remove chlorine and large sediment with no waste. However doesnt help with any of the other issues. I was thinking of filling an ro canister with peat and one with the di resin after the 5 micron and carbon. Would this be an effective way of filtering and softening the water to an acceptable level? What about with just running the water through the 3 filters without di filter? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks sean