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04-20-2007, 10:25 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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|  ro/di waste water
I am currently debating if going with tap water or well water as a source for my rodi water. What do you guys do with the waste water created when using regular tap water? _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
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04-20-2007, 10:27 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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I use it to add water to a koi fish pond in the back yard.
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04-20-2007, 10:35 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Dakota Age: 31
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I just have an airwaterice system that runs the waste water down the drain and good water into a bucket or 3 gallon resevoir tank. Easy to set up and easy to use.
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90 gallon with 26 gallon sump/refugium, 2 x 250 MH lighting, 100lbs live rock, 1 - yellow tang,1 damsel, 1 - cleaner shrimp, 1 - coral banded shrimp, 3 - emerald crabs, 2 - porcelin crabs, 6 - peppermint shrimp, 1 - green ricordia, 1 - toadstool, 1 - brittle starfish, 1 - sand sifting star, 100's baby feather dusters,Ass mushrooms, frogspawn, xenia, 1 clam,
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04-20-2007, 11:35 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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Run the waste water down the drain from my MightMite. Store the filtered water in a 15 gal plastic drum.
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04-20-2007, 11:43 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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i use the waste water from my RO/DI to water my plants and occassionally do small top offs on my freshwater tank (after using stresscoat)...
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04-20-2007, 04:35 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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mines in the laundry room,so i just divert it to the washer but i gotta keep an eye b4 it over flows _________ 135g 3" SB 3- 400w MH, 2 65w PC actinic, 2 10K PC, 40g refugium, EV-180 PS ,Mag 18 ret,1700 PH,2 maxi 1200's air water and ice 5 stage RO/DI  | |
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04-21-2007, 10:52 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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I was thinking about doing the same thing and use my waste water to do laundry. At 4 gallon per 1 good gallon that equals up to a lot of wasted water and money. Thanks for the responses everyone.
Last edited by IBMGeek : 04-21-2007 at 11:16 AM.
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04-22-2007, 07:13 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2007
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This is why I just get my RO/DI water from my LFS. I live in an apartment without a backyard, garden, etc. So, I really wouldn't have much use for my waste water. Thus, the RO/DI unit would end up KILLING me via just the water bill... LOL. | |
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04-22-2007, 10:53 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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GatorDrew,
I don't know about where you live, but here in Virginia water is cheap. According to my last bill, my household used 19,000 gal of water between Sept and Dec at a cost of $34.00. That's less than $2.00 per 1,000 gallons.
The wastewater from the RO/DI filter isn't going to break the bank. When the daughter goes to college next year, we'll see if the reduced showers lower my water bill! _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
Decorated Firefish, 2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, 2 Green Chromis damsels, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm.
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04-22-2007, 11:26 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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I use it for watering my plants as well in the spring, summer and fall...winter time would be nice to use to set-up an ice skating rink in the back yard(Hockey anyone?) _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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