RO/DI local vendor ?

[treejohnny]

i am new to the forum as you can tell by my post count...lol....will be setting up tank soon....want to get the ball rolling by getting the ro/di hooked up and running and start storing water for tank...would much rather buy from local vendor than the web.....any recomendations ?......i am in rockford

thanks for your time :0)

[auto_loader]

Ive never really seen them for sale anywhere in Rockford. The ones that most people use for thier reefs anyway. Someone else might be able to give you some places to check at though.

You could try contacting some of the vendors on the club supporter list on the rockfordreefers.org website. Some of those guys might carry them and you could get the discounted rate for Rockford Reefers members.

[treejohnny]

any recomendations on which unit to get ?....have well water.....i have heard better to put after the water softner ?...would use for drinking water and fish......obviously drinking wouldnt get di

[auto_loader]

Im not going to recommend a specific brand becasue I dont know that much about if theres any ones to stay away from. Others probably could.

My opinion on most of them that I have seen is that they are all built similar and pretty much perform equally well. The parts that go into them are mass produced commodities that are readily available and a lot of people build them out of the same parts and just put their own name on them.

You could look a place like www.airwaterice.com. One thing to note is they recommend you stay with a 50-75 GPD membrane becasue the 100 GPD membranes let more stuff pass through them and they are less effective at filtering and it makes your DI life shorter.

I also have well water and run mine after the softener.

Ive got a 4 stage RODI and been running fine for a number of years and works fine. Make sure you get a TDS meter with it.

[auto_loader]

I guess the message board didnt like my link. But if you go to our club web site and look at the sponsors on the frag fest page theres some links to a couple of vendors that sell RODI stuff. You'll probably be able to figure out which ones they are by the name of the vendors.

Mike.

[kdogc10]

J&S pet store in south beloit has ro/di units im stock. I was up there today and saw one. you might also try G.E. osmonics on folton I believe they make units there.

[BenjieC]

Rod always has RO systems on hand and he can answer any questions you might have he is in Dekalb. He's about the closest thing to a LFS we have in Rockford. Here's a link to his website: http://www.rods-reef.com/dryGoods.php

If you decide to go just be sure to call first. He may be out of the store and running errands.

[ctazmartin]

If Rod has them, then that's the place to go. If you haven't made the trip it's a MUST. Unbelievably helpful and just a great guy. I bought mine (before I found Rods) on line from "thefilterguys.biz". Give them a call, they too are very helpful.
Chris

[treejohnny]

ordered one from ice water something from online from the sponsor of our club.....should be here by the weekend......thanks for all of your help....i dont know if i should start a new thread but i am looking for a 6' tank to buy and set up in the next 2-4 months.....pretty sure it will be a fish only with live rock tank....i want a couple of agressive fish....i should get a list of what i want to see which ones wont be able to get along....was thinking of putting a tub in basement with a powerhead and heater to get things moving so i wont have to wait as long to put fish in....any ideas ?

[MMathews]

I recently got a typhoon III from airwaterice and it is great. I would recommend them.

[kdogc10]

LOL.

[AuroraDave]

Check out this thread from CMAS Forum

He is coming to the Rockford swap and can bring RO/DI eqp with him