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I am looking at buying a ro di filter the setup will run around 250.00. I can buy ro water from the pet store or use gallon ro water in my tanks but that is a lot of lugging water around. Any advice from the shrimp keeper pros?

If you go with the filter set up you will be paying for the convenience of having the water when you want it at home. However I prefer to make a weekly trip to the vending mchine when I make my rounds, take care of errands and visit people. I guess it is just a personal preference issue

aberfitch

The big question is
How many tanks do you have now ? and will it be cost effective for you to purchase a filter ?

A R/O unit will be fine, and it is a little cheaper than a R/O DI unit.

If you have anymore questions ?
Just post them
John

What Newjohn said is also correct, I don't have too large of RO water requirements, just in my 10 gallon shrimp tanks so 5-6 gallons a week is all I need to do water changes.

With RO or DI you may want to add back some elements, I have Electro-Right and Water Renewal to help with replenishing when I need it. Please let us know what you decide and keep us updated on your shrimp.

R/O filters have their uses, but you generally need to mix minerals back in, or dilute it with conditioned tap water.

I have an R/O unit, but it mostly gets uded for my wife for washing her hair. I do use it to make up for evaporation when I don't have time for a water change.

What I am using now is a great contaminat filter. It is a Kold Ster-il 3 canister unit. It provides a full 3.5 gallons per minute flow and removes chlorine, chloramine, hydrocarbons, and reduces hardness a little. It is good for well over 5000 gallons and cost about the same as an R/O unot, but the filters are cheaper to replace. Check the adds on aquabid if you want to check them out.

R/O units are very slow and produce only around 30 gallons per day, so you really have to plan ahead. I tried re-constitution of R/O water and was never satisfied with the results using R/O right or Electro-Right. Since using by Kold Ster-il 3 my shrimp have been doing much better, as have my crayfish.

Ohh thanks Badflash for letting me know about this. I was going to buy a R/O Unit but the Kold Ster-il 3 canister unit is much more pricey than a R/O unit. If I were going to get an R/O unit what would I put in it so add the vitamins and such? does the Kold Ster-il 3 canister unit run the same way as a RO unit does?

Thanks

what I am doing is setting up a tank for crs. They need filtered water so i was thinking about a ro filter but I am seriously taking all the wonderful advice everyone is giving me. This is the only tank that is going to need the water and it is a 20 gallon.

I think your situation is alot like mine. You have one main tank that has shrimp that require soft/RO water and you will be doing a set amount of water change a week/days. So you are back to deciding either to buy from the vending machine or getting a RO filter system. Again it comes down to paying for the convenience or not. badflash's system is great if you want filtered water in bulk amounts and/or any time you want it. I might move to that system when I am settled down and have that tank room I always wanted

yea I am leaning toward buying 5 gallons. The grocerie store next to me sells ro water and it is only 1.75 for 5 gallons. It is not out of the way, it is just a lot of lifting but I'll give it a try. if it becomes too much of a hassel I will just buy the filter system.

I have 3 gallon bottles I use for my RO water but they come in all gallon sizes.

If you have naturally soft water, the Kold Steril is the way to go. Hard water like mine, stick with hard water shrimp. I tried for a long time fighting my water, re-constituting with R/O right, constant water monitoring to be sure it stayed good. It wasn't any fun.

Now I pick animals that like my water and everyone is happy. I can drain out 50% of the water any time I need to, then just refill straight from the hose. I love it.

I'd love to be able to grow soft water critters, but I don't have the time to fight it.

I have been or am being bitten right now by the crs shrimp. I have been reading for about a month now and will probably give it a whirl in about a month. I just want to say I tried.