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My house has copper pipes - am I in trouble?
As the title states, my house has copper pipes. Am I in trouble for setting up a reef tank?
OK, I'm not too bright it seems as I've been looking at the pipes in the basement all along and not "seeing" them. Have set up an RO/DI unit, working on an in-wall 130 gallon system, and was standing there thinking about how to set up a drain and sink in the fish room. Thought "well, I can run another copper pipe from the inlet here to the corner there......" and then it hit me. DUH, copper not good, copper bad. Suggestions? Advice? Brain tonic ideas? Thanks, Steve |
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I recommend using an RO/DI system to purify the water first.
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I have an RO/DI unit that I'll be using. Will this be enough? |
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That should be fine, as long as you use a good TDS meter regularly to check the status of the filter.
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OK, I can start breathing again. TDS meter, PH meter, and refractometer already waiting for use. Thanks for your assistance.
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Sounds great.
Good luck.
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Stupid question. What is a TDS meter? I am in the process of buying a house and it has copper pipes.
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TDS = total desolved solids
tells how pure your water is.
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You guys have any recommendations for a TDS meter?
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hana is a good brand. IMO
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ok, my turn for the stupid question. Is this what the "red light/green light" unit is that came with my Spectrapure RO/DI unit? A TDS indicator of some sort? If so, how reliable do you think it is....... I have a conductivity meter (American Marine Pinpoint). Can this be used instead to test RO/DI?
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IIRC that shows the TDS creep. IMO worthless as your always gonna have TDS creep unless it runs 24/7.
if that is the light your talking about. does it go off after a few min.? if so then it is.
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I use the PinPoint conductivity meter, and it seems fine to me. The HM COM100 has gotten good reviews, and I intend to try mine out soon now.
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I used the red light/green light on my original spectrapure system for nearly a decade. If you have it set to the most sensitive setting, and read it when the system is running, it is a fine way to judge the time to replace the DI.
I now use a more sophisticated system from them with four in line meters, and like it better, but the lights do work OK.
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