Ro Filters With Tropical Aquariums

[cocopopz]

I am currnetly putting together my new 160gal tank and I have seen RO filter used in some marine tanks, are these beneficial for fresh water aquariums?
My local aquarium shop uses a filter that removes chlorine but can not give me much more information on it. Im currently looking at a 4stage unit that will do 200gal a day.

 

[roadmaster]

I am currnetly putting together my new 160gal tank and I have seen RO filter used in some marine tanks, are these beneficial for fresh water aquariums?
My local aquarium shop uses a filter that removes chlorine but can not give me much more information on it. Im currently looking at a 4stage unit that will do 200gal a day.

I might google "How many gallons of tapwater needed to produce two gallons of R/O water"

 

[cocopopz]

I am currnetly putting together my new 160gal tank and I have seen RO filter used in some marine tanks, are these beneficial for fresh water aquariums?
My local aquarium shop uses a filter that removes chlorine but can not give me much more information on it. Im currently looking at a 4stage unit that will do 200gal a day.

I might google "How many gallons of tapwater needed to produce two gallons of R/O water"

Just googled it


"Household reverse osmosis units use a lot of water because they have low back pressure. As a result, they recover only 5 to 15 percent of the water entering the system"

Ill use a high pressure pump to over come this and recover some of the losses.

 

[markandhisfish]

what fish are you keeping? tbh unless youre keeping discus ( even thein its not vital) or a marine tank with fussy corals etc then you would just be wasting your money . reverse ososis will remove everything from the water giving you in effect distilled water , which then needs to be balanced with either tap water or an ro buffer. so if youre just running a normal freshwater tank i would advise that its going to be a waste of money .

edit : if it is for the tank in your sig , then i wouldnt bother . if you are simply trying to save on dechlorinator costs give seachem prime a try .