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RE: Moving soon to fishroom
I don't have anywhere near the number of tanks that you have but the RO
route makes things easy in my opinion. I go through about 100 to 120
gallons of water a week in water changes. All of it is from my RO unit.
With my setup I purchased a unit (Spectrapure CSP - 80) that produced 80
gallons a day. It's setup right next to a sink in the basement and fills up
a 50 gal. Rubbermaid heavy duty trash can. I use a float valve so that the
unit shuts off automatically when the can is full. The water is heated and
mixed to flavor in the can using an air stone for circulation. I then have
a utility pump to pump the water through 60 feet of acrylic hose upstairs to
my tanks.
I went with the larger RO unit because the price difference for a smaller
unit was small in comparison to someday having to replace it because it
doesn't produce enough water. I've been happy with my Spectrapure and would
recommend it to anyone. When buying a Spectrapure, however, I would
mail-order directly from them because I haven't been able to find a dealer
that sells for less.
Hope this helps!
Ryan
Chicago, IL
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> From: Uneekwa [SMTP:francinebethea%excite.com@internet.kraft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 9:05 AM
> To: apisto%listbox.com@internet.kraft.com
> Subject: Moving soon to fishroom
>
> I need help and advice on how to successfully move fifteen tanks with
> soft, acidic water. This is my set up: I started with a 30 gal tank and
> cycled it normally. The water where I live now is off a well. The water
> parameters are liquid rock and a ph of 7,6. However, I decided to raise
> apistos.
> I put peat in the filter. Once the ph dropped to 5,5, I removed the
> peat
> and use two sponges in the Aquaclear 150. Ever since then, I have been
> doing partial water changes with pure steamed distilled water. My water
> parameters in the tanks are all a stable ph of 5,0 and a hardness of
> 70ppm.
> I have seeded the other 14 tanks from the 30 gal whenever I did my weekly
> water change. Thus, no cycling.
> I am planning a move and searching for the house with the perfect room
> for
> the fishroom. I plan to increase the number of tanks to 25 or 30.
> However,
> I am in a quandry as to how to maintain this water quality without hauling
> 40 or 50 bottles of water each week. Is this where you suggest a RO
> system?
> I know the principle of how it works, but I am at a loss on what size
> system
> I would need, where to set it up, how to set it up.
> I trust the apisto people to tell me about this moreso than the lfs guy I
> deal with.
> Sorry for being long winded, but I keep mulling over this and can't decide
> what to do.
> Thanks........
>
>
>
> Francine in MD
> Fish - photography - genealogy
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