Ro tds

[andysgirl8800]

Could anyone explain to me why a 6-stage RO/DI unit would be producing water with a 70 TDS reading after only 4 months of use??? :frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat:

May as well be using stinking TAP water!! I am so frustrated right now. SInce I am still battling this raging algae and losing my corals.....grrrr!!!

I am kicking myself right now for not buying a TDS meter the same day I installed the RO unit. Goes to show you that assumptions are bad judgement calls.

In case you're wondering, I just now went out to check the installation to make sure that I wasn't actually collecting the waste water instead of the purified water. Nope. Its all connected properly.

 

[daugherty]

check the calabration of your tds meter

 

[mng777777]

+1 James

 

[andysgirl8800]

I took it to the LFS to get a reading. I still don't own one.

 

[daugherty]

take the lfs some distalled water and have them test it for you but dont tell them it is distalled until after the test if it is wrong

 

[andysgirl8800]

ok ok, I'm over it. :) was my fault. Took a scoop of water out of the salt reservoir, not the fresh. Tap reads 70ppm, waste water reading at 110ppm, and RO (fresh) reading at 5-10ppm. Will be getting some more tank things in about 2 weeks, depending on the IRS. My very own TDS meter will be one of them!

 

[Bifferwine]

I got my TDS meter on Ebay for $14 :) It works just fine.

 

[SeattleDarko]

Yeah they don't have to cost that much I traded a zoo frag for mine $10 maybe? Take a look at your water container if it is not clean then you will contaminate you new water and the TDS will go back up.

 

[andysgirl8800]

I'm cashing in on a honey of a CL deal in 2 weeks...2 more K4s, a TDS meter, a refractometer, a large fish trap, a bunch of testing supplies and feeding supplies, for $100. Getting my GFO/carbon dual reactor and 3 new XM 10k halide bulbs the same weekend (thank you IRS).