Finally pulled the trigger and ordered my RO unit and it arrived today 
Its a fair bit bigger than I was expecting but it does fit where I want it to. I've got a new three way tap so need to get a plumber in to fit that for me (when it arrives), so I'll have 1 tap for cold, 1 for hot and 1 for filtered.
One thing I have noticed is there are 2 filters on the top that I was not expecting. One is called a remineralising filter and the other is coconut carbon filter - my instinct is to just remove these? What do you think?
In terms of making the switch I'm hoping to get the ball rolling asap. How would you transition the tank to RO? I'm going to be using Salty Shrimp KH and GH+ which will let me achieve what ever levels I want. My aim is to have 10Gh and 5Kh (the buffer adds .5Gh for every 1 Kh). My tapwater is around 16Gh and 3Kh. When I'm set up I was thinking of doing 20% daily water changes for a week?
At the moment I have 6 Amano shrimp in who I've had for about 7 months, tank is heavily planted and the filter presumably has some level of bacteria in there too all of which I'd like to protect while I do it. I am due to go get some fish next Friday but I'm tempted to delay this until the water is level and stable? Has anyone else transitioned from tap to RO with fish in the tank?
Wills
Its a fair bit bigger than I was expecting but it does fit where I want it to. I've got a new three way tap so need to get a plumber in to fit that for me (when it arrives), so I'll have 1 tap for cold, 1 for hot and 1 for filtered. One thing I have noticed is there are 2 filters on the top that I was not expecting. One is called a remineralising filter and the other is coconut carbon filter - my instinct is to just remove these? What do you think?
In terms of making the switch I'm hoping to get the ball rolling asap. How would you transition the tank to RO? I'm going to be using Salty Shrimp KH and GH+ which will let me achieve what ever levels I want. My aim is to have 10Gh and 5Kh (the buffer adds .5Gh for every 1 Kh). My tapwater is around 16Gh and 3Kh. When I'm set up I was thinking of doing 20% daily water changes for a week?
At the moment I have 6 Amano shrimp in who I've had for about 7 months, tank is heavily planted and the filter presumably has some level of bacteria in there too all of which I'd like to protect while I do it. I am due to go get some fish next Friday but I'm tempted to delay this until the water is level and stable? Has anyone else transitioned from tap to RO with fish in the tank?
Wills
