Lesson in RO/DI
by
, 09-20-2010 at 10:08 PM (1551 Views)
Well basically this starts out with me being out of work and trying to keep a SW tank running, I think most of you can imaging how that goes. So what happened? Lets start with the things I knew. I knew that the RO cartridge was almost at the end of its useful life, I knew that I no longer trusted my TDS meter, I also know that I am silly broke right now but I also know that I go back to work shortly and that brings us to the "what happened". Well I thought that I might be able to stretch the filter out until I am working again even though I am fairly cretin that my TFS are not zero ant longer. That turned out to be a horrible idea. Now I am left dealing with a nasty mess of hair algae. What have I done now, well I replaced the RO/DI cartridges, bought some turbo snails and an emerald crab as a start to the fight, I start work next week and plan on beefing up the cleaners some more after that. I also intend on not letting this happen again, I learned the lesson.
Why did I take the time to post this? Frustration! I see people all the time saying that they do not use RO/DI, they just use tap water. WHAT??? How do these people get away with this? I do 4 water changes with RO/DI water that might be going bad and I end up with a mess, I cannot even begin to imagine what my tank would look like if I put tap water in it.
Let this be a lesson to anyone who might think they can stretch out a RO system, you have been warned.
Anyway thats the end of my rant.