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by Buckeye Field Supply
Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:00 pm
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Dowflake
Replies: 7
Views: 2531

There was something some time back about them not guaranteeing the content for reef purposes - so nothing really new there...
by Buckeye Field Supply
Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:42 am
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Dowflake
Replies: 7
Views: 2531

We just received new pallets of Dow and Mag so we should be able to supply all of the western world for another 6 months...
by Buckeye Field Supply
Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:25 am
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Membrane Life
Replies: 13
Views: 3380

I think what you have is 10 ppm rather than 0.1 ppm, correct? If ammonia is making its way through, your resin is likely shot. Do you have chlormaine in your water?
by Buckeye Field Supply
Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:09 pm
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Membrane Life
Replies: 13
Views: 3380

Adding a tank is pretty straightforward. You'd end up with a sytem plumbed something like this system:
by Buckeye Field Supply
Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:00 am
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Membrane Life
Replies: 13
Views: 3380

mykpoz wrote:anyone have a good link of connecting a resevoir to an ro/di system?

my ro/di unit didnt come with one, but i think i'd like to add one, and I am curious as to the various possibilities out there to acomplish this. etc.

thanks
Are you talking about adding a pressurized storage tank?
by Buckeye Field Supply
Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:00 am
Forum: General Reefkeeping
Topic: Membrane Life
Replies: 13
Views: 3380

Folks you should be getting much more than a year from an RO membrane, assuming you have adequate prefilters and change them on schedule. We have a customer that has had the same membrane for 7 years. 2-3 years is more typical. The two signs of a membrane gone bad are reduced rejection (higher tds o...
by Buckeye Field Supply
Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:50 am
Forum: Equipment and Lighting
Topic: TDS of 57
Replies: 5
Views: 2878

Re: TDS of 57

Not that it's going into my tank but how bad is it? I got one of those dual inline TDS meters and the water from the last filter that goes to the membrane has a tds of 57. Scott Wow - consider yourself fortunate. That's very low tds for tap water. Remember that your prefilters don't affect tds leve...