AquaFX Barracuda RO/DI System

This is a great question -

RO Membranes - Typically last 1 year or more, the RO membrane life is heavily dependent on how often you change your sediment and carbon. Customers that change their sediment and carbon more often experience longer RO membrane life. If you neglect your carbon filter, chlorine can/will destroy the RO membrane. Best way to know if the RO membrane is still good or not is to use a TDS meter and compare the tap water vs the RO product water (NOT THE DI FINAL PRODUCT WATER)

Sediment and Carbon - With these pre-filters you can look for a pressure drop, or change them our based on a volume production. Without knowing your tap water conditions / volume used per day, I cant give you a very accurate filter life for your prefilters. Most customers will change them quarterly or possibly twice a year. But this heavily depends on whats in the initial feed water.

DI filter (this ones easy) - you just measure the TDS out of the unit and look for a Zero-ppm. The DI also changes color indicating that its exhaustion is starting to take place, but always use a TDS meter to assess if a DI is exhausted or not.

If you go to YouTube and type "AquaFX filter Change" You will know everything you ever need to know about your Barracuda RO/DI - hope this helped!? :)

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The Barracuda maybe overkill. But it would certainly work well. You can use a AquaFX Dolphin, it will cost you less and work very well too!

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I know this is an older question.....But....Great News, we now have membranes that run at a 1 to 1 ratio. Meaning, you can great a gallon of EXCELLENT water for each gallon of waste (rinse)

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The unit can sit unused; we do strongly suggest storing it in a dark place. Using a black plastic contractor bag works well.

You can discard some of the first water that is produced as an added safely measure, Although I have never heard of any problems resulting from a properly stored unit.

We do make a Silicate Blaster DI filter, the standard DI does remove silicates, but if you have an excess of silicates the Silicate Blaster filter will last longer.

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Unless there is an Automatic Shutoff already there; there is not a check valve already installed. If you are just replacing an Automatic shutoff there should be one there. They are easy to identify.

https://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/Quick-Connect-Cross-p.qccv.htm

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The simple answer is yes, it is safe for your freshwater tank.. The longer answer is; you can use a Dolphin RO. Unless you have a specific need for ZERO TDS water, the Reverse Osmosis without DI works perfectly. It will also save you some money!
Please let me know if you have any more questions.