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Stews Aquarium - 5 years ago

Thanks mate, great vid I am now going to buy a Ro/Di, I didn't think it was so easy to set up

Fish R Relaxing - 5 years ago

Something I’ve always wondered.. can you use the waste water for freshwater tanks?

Gleyvi Gonzalez - 5 years ago

Hey would you please subject me a good one i got a 55 gallons tank

Brad K - 5 years ago

waste water for drinking? Wtf?

Brad K - 5 years ago

But WHY would I drink it, if I have RO??? Psh!

Nick Jarrett - 5 years ago

The waste water is just the tap water with a higher tds, perfectly safe. I mean if your tds is 200 and it bumps it to the 250 then it's still below my 440!

TomoyaKun100 - 5 years ago

This video actually made me more relieved after seeing the beginning of an installation of a more up to date RO/DI system that you featured for college tanks. Now I know I don't have to do any drilling or anything lol

Ali Noor - 5 years ago

Great Video
My reading in in on19 how do I get it to 0

Michael Marquez - 6 years ago

Very nice thank you

W4RD1N8ER - 6 years ago

This is what I was looking for great explanation super simple now I have a great idea where to put it when I get one.

מריטל טיהור מים - 6 years ago

אוסמוזה הפוכה לאקווריום
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Sam Yates - 6 years ago

Good video George, just purchased my first 4-stage RO-DI unit due to bad water from my LFS..

Michael Barnhart - 6 years ago

What about my freshwater aquarium?

Will Akers - 6 years ago

4 gallons wasted for every 1 gallon? yikes. That is disease free, life saving water just running down the drain.

bleugh bloop - 6 years ago

nothing stopping u running the waste water to the garden/pond

Oli B - 6 years ago

What is the TDS meter used in this video?

CoralFish12g - 6 years ago

It's just a generic one of Ebay, but Hanna Instruments makes a better one that I use now!

Alam Nyo Ba To? - 6 years ago

can I use RO/DI unit for fresh water aquarium? in replacement of using dechlorinator solution?

Jcee's Corner - 6 years ago

Nice video.... Drinking DI water as you know is arguably not a good idea. DI water great for "Reef Usage". BulkReefSupply told me for drinking water they suggest their RO system which does not have the DI filter because the DI filter removes too much and might not be good to drink water with no minerals. It almost like distilled water being super "clean" and arguably some say it may not be healthy over time to drink DI or distilled water. Thanks for a great video and the ideas on how to save $$$ for your "fish tank" using the DI etc.

Aquascape Dreaming - 6 years ago

Jcee's Corner this is actually nonsense. You get all the minerals you need through organic vegetables and meat. Drinking purified water cannot harm you as you are simply hydrating your body. I read a very interesting article on this very thing. I'll try to find the link again if you're interested.

Nick Jarrett - 5 years ago

You can buy pumps to pump the waste water back in so its about 1:1 waste or use a distiller which wastes none but uses a lot of electric

mr xyooj - 6 years ago

how long does it take to fill a 5 gallon? also can I hook it up to a kitchen sink?

Nick Jarrett - 5 years ago

Well 50gpd (gallons per day) would be 2.4hrs, 1.2hr for 100gpd and with decent water and clean filters you'd waste about 4x (or use it on the plants)

Joe Taylor - 6 years ago

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS WELL

Uhohhotdog Gaming - 6 years ago

Robert Xiong I'd also like to know

Michael Litle - 6 years ago

Did I really just hear him say the word gauge like "gawj?"

Peter Roy - 6 years ago

hey, would this be acceptable for a 35gallon tank? Got gifted a saltwater setup and it was a really poor setup.

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Emanuel Berrum - 6 years ago

i need an RO for a nanocube 24G...
any recommendations ?

Liv Walters - 6 years ago

I have a 13.5 gallon tank, I'm definitely doing this hobby on a budget, I'm not asking for trouble but I don't think that an RODI system is necessary for such a small, simple tank, what are some other (less expensive) ways to get salt water for water changes?

Pam Konen - 7 years ago

I purchased just a RO unit, I didn't realize there was a RO unit & a RO/DI unit. So I should have the RO/DI unit??

Pam Konen - 7 years ago

Got one! So far do good!

Brett Schneider - 7 years ago

Pam Konen yes get a rodi unit

Kelly VB - 7 years ago

Did I hear you say 50 ppm coming out of the unit before the DI stage? If that's what it is then your membrane is shot. TDS should be less 10 or less before it reaches the DI.

Derek Anthony - 7 years ago

wow this video was an exact replica of Mr Saltwater Tank TV.. atleast give him his due in the description. yikes! an i usually enjoy your videos. This is bad! And his video comes up next after this one!

Gustavo Arreola - 7 years ago

Can't I just buy water from the store ? Or from those machines that you can refill water

hadleys_ goldfish - 7 years ago

can i use tapwater for just clownfish

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

For fish only tanks, it's ok to use RO water.

MJ Slemmer - 7 years ago

How long can you store the RO/DI water before using it?

MJ Slemmer - 7 years ago

CoralFish12g thanks!

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

I don't think RO/DI water has a limit on that. It could be stored for as long as you need without a problem as long as it is out of direct sunlight.

Lovebetta - 7 years ago

how about the flashing the initial water?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

If you mean't flushing, all you have to do is disconnect the DI canister from the rest of the unit and let it run for a few minutes in the beginning before you make your water. This protects and keeps your DI resin cleaner once you reconnect them.

DeepReef 10g - 7 years ago

I've only got a 5gallon aquarium

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PopicalGold - 7 years ago

what's DI ?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Deionization 5:41

Chuck Freeburg - 7 years ago

35 cents a gallon for RO in the neighboring town. But $9-12 in gas to get there lol

Chris j.s. - 7 years ago

very informative and helpful and easy to understand thank you young man

James Couturier - 7 years ago

I have one more question about the unit I got one and am waiting for it to come in, but I was curious when u turn your hose off and are done with everything, what do u you do with the water in all the champers, do u dump them out or just let them sit in there to the next water change?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

I just let them sit there. I don't think it hurts anything.

dolbyblustar - 7 years ago

Fantastic video buddy. Very helpful and informative. How long roughly dose it take you to fill that water jug? Thanks again.

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Thanks! About 1-2 hours

daniel fonsexa - 7 years ago

my water bill was about $80 a month consistently. Once I started using my rodi 5 stage filter it jump to like $230 in a month ( I only used it to make 30 g) crazy!!

Nick Jarrett - 5 years ago

You sir would benefit more from a distiller.

LightTheBeacons - 6 years ago

Never paid a water bill in my life..

Ragnarok - 6 years ago

What's a water bill?

Gabriel Mohan - 6 years ago

daniel fonsexa dang. Looks like I'm sticking to freshwater then.

lakshmi narayanan - 7 years ago

title song name dude...

lakshmi narayanan - 7 years ago

CoralFish12g thank u man

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Odyssey - Wyld

RCMods - 7 years ago

is filtered tap water ok to use? filtered through the ref?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Check with a TDS meter. Anything with more than 0 TDS is less than ideal.

Apple Hoe - 7 years ago

Can I use tap water for my corals is that fine

Aquascape Dreaming - 6 years ago

The city I live in, in Australia has extremely hard water. My brother's father in law has a reef tank and uses unfiltered tap water in his aquarium without any issues.

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

No it is not ok

RCMods - 7 years ago

can i direct the water into the sump for topping off?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Yes, you could

tilemachos athanasiadis - 7 years ago

great video...a question ... so you make your. clean water to salted , just by adding salt after the process ,right??

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

Thanks, yes essentially the salt carries all the elements you need. So just add salt and then you are ready to go.

Black Redneck - 7 years ago

great video ? I been in this hobby for 2 years and was always confused about this machine so just bought water water from lfs thinking I was going to see up my tank... BTW can I buy this exact unit from amazon ?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

I'm glad the video helped simplify it for you! You can buy this exact unit on http://www.melevsreef.com/

James Couturier - 7 years ago

this may be a stupid question but what's the difference between a rodi unit vs a ro unit?

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

One makes a RO water and the other makes RODI water. The difference between the two can be learned in this video of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDdcqGxDLN4

DrCube - 7 years ago

Great video. During normal operation, when you are done with filling do you let the unit and filters dry or do you keep it wet some how? I guess my question is about storage between uses.

Thanks!

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

I don't do anything to them. I just leave them and I'm sure they dry on their own, but they might be still wet from the last time depending on how often you use it. I don't think that matters

AZ - 8 years ago

Hi. I was wondering if I have saltwater tank with saltwater fish in it. Can I still use RODI water? instead of saltwater

shifty51008 - 7 years ago

+Jayden D_Thang you use the rodi water for the base water, then add your salt mix to the rodi water till you reach 35ppt or 1.026sg using a properly calibrated refractometer or hydrometer.

AZ - 7 years ago

+CoralFish12g like
I ment , if I have saltwater fish can I still use Rodi or I only get to use saltwater. ...

CoralFish12g - 7 years ago

+Jayden D_Thang This question doesn't make much sense to me. RODI water is freshwater without salt added to it.

Giorgos Tsagos - 8 years ago

I dont understand why is bad to drink the water after it passes through the DI unit. Its just plain water with nothing in it!
All I know is we shouldn't drink JUST that and nothing else because we need the minerals that there are in any other water source. Anyone willing to explain to me where I'm wrong?

Uhohhotdog Gaming - 6 years ago

shifty51008 yes it's bad because the pure water will absorb nutrients from your body as it passes through

shifty51008 - 7 years ago

+Giorgos Tsagos it's not bad no matter what you read, you will get all the minerals you need from any food you eat or anything else you drink, but imo rodi water tastes like crap anyway

Jeramie Scott - 8 years ago

+Giorgos Tsagos Just google why its bad to drink distilled water, RO/Di water is the same thing.

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+Giorgos Tsagos Yeah, it is confusing, but apparently too much of the water without all those minerals is bad for you. I don't think if you drink a glass of it, it will be that bad. It is only if you drink that consistently more than regular water that it is harmful.

cooldog393 - 8 years ago

what is that intro music it's so familiar but so unfamiliar

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+cooldog393 Odyssey by Wyld

Alex Kingcole - 8 years ago

Hey, George, how was the first semester?!

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+Alex Kingcole Hi! It was pretty tough. Once my season starter time management became harder but I would rather be busy than doing nothing.

Jeremy Williams - 8 years ago

You are awesome George! Thank you for your "clear as day" information.
Great videos!!

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+Jeremy Williams I really tried doing it that way for these videos! Thanks Jeremy

Jeremy Non - 8 years ago

great video...this is probably the most elaborate video on how they work and why you need them!

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Young Tank - 8 years ago

thank you so much for clearing all the confusion up Big G

Purple Longhorn - 8 years ago

One criticism . I hate those "Flex Hose" they don't last .

Ant - 8 years ago

Great video, however you said gauge ( [geyj] ) wrong. sorry just an fyi for ya.

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+Anthony Litterilla Thanks Anthony. I mispronounce things occasionally, I do my best not to.

Pokegirl1332 - 8 years ago

I'm just starting up my first salt water tank and have seen multiple very confusing videos on ro/di systems but this was so well explained with easy to understand words =) thanks so much

CoralFish12g - 8 years ago

+CuriousMew Yes! That was the goal of mine. Thanks for the comment!

Phi Le - 9 years ago

does his rodi kit come with a faucet diverter valve?

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

+Phi Le Almost positive yes.. the website link is in the description and it will say on there

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Thank you for the comment!

Olu Ayanbiola - 9 years ago

so the water coming out of the black tube is safe to drink?

Olu Ayanbiola - 9 years ago

yep, it does. Thanks.

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Hi Olu, No, the black does not go through the di so it would seem safe BUT, you have to remember that is the waste water from the ro so the ideal drinking water would come from the blue tube but before going into the di. I hope that makes sense.

Colton Fey - 9 years ago

Hey great video! Could you give me a link or suggest a decent RO/DI unit for a 10 gallon salt water tank? Thanks!

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

The one I used in this video! The link is in the description. Tell him I sent you please!

Joyce Marcoccio-Allen - 9 years ago

ah another great video, Im done with that purified water from store since I seen this vid I just got done ordering my melev's reef ro/di u showed, thanx again

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Awesome!

Nick W - 9 years ago

Where did you get your shirt

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

It is one of EcoTech Marine's shirts. You may be able to get one on their website.

Marisa Woods - 9 years ago

ik this is kinda late and everything but what kind of RO/DI filter for a 150 gallon saltwater reed aquarium for a starter. this video was awesome info thanks

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Go check out melevsreef.com or Melevs Reef. He has another more expensive unit that would be great for you.

Jimmy Smith - 9 years ago

Awesome video. I've been looking to get one of these units for so long and thought the installation was too difficult. But you made it look pretty straight forward. Will definitely be getting one now instead of making the constant trips to the LFS

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Thanks!

multisturge - 9 years ago

Another great thing about making your own water rather than buying it from your LFS when it comes to money, think how often you end up coming out of the LFS with a load of other stuff when really you only said you was only going in to get the water. I'm saving up for a RODI system from Osmotics (think they might just be an UK company) but they really been helpful and forum sites too as I been put off by getting a unit because one video I saw was using a drill and installing a tap but I see how simple it really is. Thanks to osmotics' and reefer's support on forum sites I can make my unit portable (don't have an outdoor tap) by connecting it to my electric shower which would keep the pressure gauge reading up in theory. On average how long does it take to feel up the container with RODI water?

multisturge - 9 years ago

forgot to mention in the UK I pay £2.50 for 25litres of normal RO water with around 15ppm TDS and for not having a car I have to plan in advance with my parents to take me to my LFS to buy the refills, before my last refill I had a week of no RO water after my last water change until my refill so if my tank crashed from a spike during that week I would of had no water to fix the disaster as my LFS closes by the time my parents finish work.

Shawn Swaney - 9 years ago

Excellent video!

TheFishTank Doc. - 9 years ago

Nice vid!!!.
It is the R.O.membrain that does all the work not the DI stage. The R.O membrane should reject 98% of all the T.D.S. The DI stage only takes otut the last remaining 2/3ppm, mostly made up of heavy metals (copper, zink, alluminum ect...). Your BRITA water filter will not have an R.O membrain in it. It will only have carbon filters remove chlorine, and bad tates. The carbon filters on your R.O.D.I filter are only there to protect the R.O.membrane, and make it last. The water going into the R.O membrane will be about 50ppm. It should be 1 to 3 ppm coming out.

MarshReef - 5 years ago

I dont think the numbers work that way when your tap water is 700 TDS :-(

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

FishTankDoc. Always on top of the correct info. Thanks for sharing

mark mcdowell - 9 years ago

Nice have one been doing it for years I needed this video 5 years ago when I first started in the hobby. Thanks it will be great for the beginners like you've said great video keep it up .☆☆☆☆☆

Raf Dom - 9 years ago

Lol i cant concentrate on the info you're telling. Im just like blanking out from you're looks. :p

Mathew Mangnall - 9 years ago

Good video but I think you should not be wasting that much water by just putting down the sink, Use it on the garden

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

+multisturge Yes, these are all good. I do use it now on tea and watering

multisturge - 9 years ago

yeah the waste water is very good to water the garden and any other plants you have around/in the house. RODI water has other uses too which helps your parents/partner be more happy to having the system in the hose especially if you're going to take up some space under the sink (except less trips to LFS). Can use it to clean the windows and tank glass, good to make tea (I'm in UK with hard water so my kettle gets covered in limescale) and baby formula if you have a baby, can also be used to fill up your car radiator.

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Yes, I think I will make a video on tips for what to do with that water

Gene Alameda - 9 years ago

Nice video but what happened to online coral series

CoralFish12g - 9 years ago

Sometimes I get these impulses to make a few videos or maybe just one on a certain topic. I will try to come out with another Internet Corals video soon!

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