Making soft water help

[Fiberacci]

Hi everyone,

So I have an Ro-di unit from when i had salt water tank and i want to soften my water. I have a few questions.

1. Is ro water the same as ro-di water? From my understanding they are not but I never hear people mention the di part as it pertains to freshwater.

2. Can I used ro-di water or should remove the DI stage from the filter and if I do use ro-di water is doing a mix solution to tap water enough to buffer it?

2. Any advice or recommendations in attempt soften my water using ro di/ ro

Thanks!!

 

[Rocksor]

You don't need the DI portion for freshwater, especially if you're mixing some of RO water with tap.

 

[yzf450motoxrider]

When I was doing it I was mixing a small portion of the waste water back into the ro to get the desired hardness and ph. The problem I ran into was the tds in my source water was highly variable one month 100 the next 300. That made it difficult to set and forget it required monthly adjustment but it did work. Mine was also on a drip system.

 

[duanes]

What fish are you keeping ?

 

[Fiberacci]

What fish are you keeping ?

Satanoperca lilith and red head tapajos. My water settles around 7-7.4 ph

 

[duanes]

Yes then the RO mixed with a little tap.
Might help to add some tannins after running thru the RO unit.

 

[Fiberacci]

So im trying to figure out how to store 100 gallons of ro water. I was thinking of having a container outside. Does anyone know of a good container to keep outside for this?

 

[Pterophyllum sp]

So im trying to figure out how to store 100 gallons of ro water. I was thinking of having a container outside. Does anyone know of a good container to keep outside for this?

Couple of poly 55 gallon food grade barrels would probably get the job done. Grabbed mine off of CL pretty reasonably

 

[TwoHedWlf]

So im trying to figure out how to store 100 gallons of ro water. I was thinking of having a container outside. Does anyone know of a good container to keep outside for this?

1000L IBC is pretty much always the best bang for the buck container. For around here you can get them for $50-75usd without looking too hard.

 

[twentyleagues]

55g brute trash can works great.