pepetj
05-03-2011, 01:13 AM
Time is finally coming for my Aquatic Plant Home Nursery & Fish Room.
So far I have in its box a 35GPD Seachem's Pinnacle RO unit. I'm looking to purchase at least one more. I have no clear idea what it takes to set this up.
I'm kind of re-experiencing what I felt when getting ready for SW or Discus keeping. At one moment I felt I got the concepts right and then one question after another pops into my head and I'm getting lost here.
Facts:
1) I cannot trust the quality of the water serviced by the City. At one point "they forget" to add chlorine/chloramines and pathogens bloom while at others they OD with chemicals the water.
2) At least in the place I've been living for the past 9 years tap water has caused issues in my fish tanks so I've been purchasing a lot of 5gal RO processed drinking water for all my tanks. Water pressure in my actual place is not only low but variable (I mean noticeably) and for those reasons I decided to use my already purchased 35GPD RO unit in my new place.
3) We likely have 4 to 6 weeks time to work around to at least start my set up so I'm counting on your help.
Targets:
1) I would like to have at least a semi-automatic system to fill the reservoirs with RO water (I don't want DI based on what I understand so far but educate me and I may change my mind). I might go for automated WC later on (either continuous or not) but I want to do this one step at a time (meaning RO hook up to fill reservoirs)
2) I like using redundant systems and prefer to run with several low/mid pressure (say 35-100GPD) than high pressure (150+GPD). For some reason (maybe just subjective stuff) I feel comfortable that way.
3) I am a bit concerned on keeping the stored RO water pathogen free so I'm thinking of in-reservoir-tank UVC sterilization.
Budget may not be a problem per se but I see no need to overspend or to do everything at once (I kind of like the "work in progress" inherent to this hobby). I would like to keep this reasonable.
I know there are questions I haven't made yet so... help me out guys.
Sketch with dimensions:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk3/pepe1965/RO%20and%20Lab%20Room/ROLabTopViewwdimensions.jpg
Pepetj
Santo Domingo
So far I have in its box a 35GPD Seachem's Pinnacle RO unit. I'm looking to purchase at least one more. I have no clear idea what it takes to set this up.
I'm kind of re-experiencing what I felt when getting ready for SW or Discus keeping. At one moment I felt I got the concepts right and then one question after another pops into my head and I'm getting lost here.
Facts:
1) I cannot trust the quality of the water serviced by the City. At one point "they forget" to add chlorine/chloramines and pathogens bloom while at others they OD with chemicals the water.
2) At least in the place I've been living for the past 9 years tap water has caused issues in my fish tanks so I've been purchasing a lot of 5gal RO processed drinking water for all my tanks. Water pressure in my actual place is not only low but variable (I mean noticeably) and for those reasons I decided to use my already purchased 35GPD RO unit in my new place.
3) We likely have 4 to 6 weeks time to work around to at least start my set up so I'm counting on your help.
Targets:
1) I would like to have at least a semi-automatic system to fill the reservoirs with RO water (I don't want DI based on what I understand so far but educate me and I may change my mind). I might go for automated WC later on (either continuous or not) but I want to do this one step at a time (meaning RO hook up to fill reservoirs)
2) I like using redundant systems and prefer to run with several low/mid pressure (say 35-100GPD) than high pressure (150+GPD). For some reason (maybe just subjective stuff) I feel comfortable that way.
3) I am a bit concerned on keeping the stored RO water pathogen free so I'm thinking of in-reservoir-tank UVC sterilization.
Budget may not be a problem per se but I see no need to overspend or to do everything at once (I kind of like the "work in progress" inherent to this hobby). I would like to keep this reasonable.
I know there are questions I haven't made yet so... help me out guys.
Sketch with dimensions:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk3/pepe1965/RO%20and%20Lab%20Room/ROLabTopViewwdimensions.jpg
Pepetj
Santo Domingo