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Hi. I am a newbie to marine fish keeping. I have been keeping freshwater fishes for 4 years. Currently, I have an african cichilid tank, a koi pond and a nano reef (2 months old). In my area, the tap water has about 12.5ppm of nitrates. I am using seachem safe for the time being but it is troublesome to mix the water everyday to top up the tanks. May I know where can i find a DI/RO unit and also the price? Thanks.

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Madpetz is another option u can explore. Check out their website

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Chk out method from bro sunny03. It works. All the best.

Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow

Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector

Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262

FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000

Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000

Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber

Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500

Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil

Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w

Controller : GHL Profilux

Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes

Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator

External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox

Ozonizer : Sander C50

UV : Corallife 6x

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Madpetz is another option u can explore. Check out their website

Hi bro, i saw the madpetz web. I am not into buying such systems online. Hahas. I am the more conventional person who will buy things at LFS only. At least i dun have to take the trouble to post the stuff back in case of any defects. However, thanks a lot. I got an estimation of the prices on the web so i can do my accounting better:D Student here so i wanna have my nano reef as budget as possible.

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Hi bro, i saw the madpetz web. I am not into buying such systems online. Hahas. I am the more conventional person who will buy things at LFS only. At least i dun have to take the trouble to post the stuff back in case of any defects. However, thanks a lot. I got an estimation of the prices on the web so i can do my accounting better:D Student here so i wanna have my nano reef as budget as possible.

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Bro, they do have a store at Sin Ming / Upper Thomson area. You can check out the units there in their display shop.

Madpetz also sell resins and carbon by bucket so its refillable easily.

after that you can also drop by at Reef DEpot which sells RO units. Another option.

For budget option, look for 2nd hand crystal pro units - around $80 - $120.

Hopefully it comes with refillable cartridge. It it does not, you can also get that from Madpetz.

cheers and good luck !

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Hi. Do u mean u used the nitrate test kit to measure the water from your tap?

For small tanks, it may be more economical to buy distilled water rather than invest in ro/di unit. Cos besides the one-time purchase of the unit, there's recurring cost involved (resins and carbon). A replacement set of carbon and resin will set you back by $80+ (iirc).

Also RO/DI units have wastage, whereas DI, there isn't.

Suggest to go either pay per use (distilled water) or get a 2nd hand DI unit (crystal pro) as suggested by Jacky.

If u can, drop by madpetz, the last time I went about 3 months back, they have one RO/DI demo unit.

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Hi. Do u mean u used the nitrate test kit to measure the water from your tap?

For small tanks, it may be more economical to buy distilled water rather than invest in ro/di unit. Cos besides the one-time purchase of the unit, there's recurring cost involved (resins and carbon). A replacement set of carbon and resin will set you back by $80+ (iirc).

Also RO/DI units have wastage, whereas DI, there isn't.

Suggest to go either pay per use (distilled water) or get a 2nd hand DI unit (crystal pro) as suggested by Jacky.

If u can, drop by madpetz, the last time I went about 3 months back, they have one RO/DI demo unit.

Wheres madpets? I think for now i will continue using my seachem safe to detoxify nitrates and chlorine. My tank has a cooler fan so the evaporation rate is high. Normally i top up about 330ml a day.

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Bro, they do have a store at Sin Ming / Upper Thomson area. You can check out the units there in their display shop.

Madpetz also sell resins and carbon by bucket so its refillable easily.

after that you can also drop by at Reef DEpot which sells RO units. Another option.

For budget option, look for 2nd hand crystal pro units - around $80 - $120.

Hopefully it comes with refillable cartridge. It it does not, you can also get that from Madpetz.

cheers and good luck !

Hahas. 80-120 bucks are still within budget. If i gotta replace the cartridge inside, how much will it cost? I need to plan long term as well. Dun wanna incur too much cost.

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Hi. Do u mean u used the nitrate test kit to measure the water from your tap?

For small tanks, it may be more economical to buy distilled water rather than invest in ro/di unit. Cos besides the one-time purchase of the unit, there's recurring cost involved (resins and carbon). A replacement set of carbon and resin will set you back by $80+ (iirc).

Also RO/DI units have wastage, whereas DI, there isn't.

Suggest to go either pay per use (distilled water) or get a 2nd hand DI unit (crystal pro) as suggested by Jacky.

If u can, drop by madpetz, the last time I went about 3 months back, they have one RO/DI demo unit.

Oh yeah. Answer to your first question. Yeap. I do have test kits for ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH. Thus i measure directly from the tap.

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Thanks for all your contributions:D I have some sea grapes in my tank already. But i want to have some more of it. The previous ones came with my LR. Is there any place that sells small frags of sea grapes?

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Try CF.. They shld have red and green sea grapes in stock...Cheers..

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Hahas. 80-120 bucks are still within budget. If i gotta replace the cartridge inside, how much will it cost? I need to plan long term as well. Dun wanna incur too much cost.

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The refiilable cartridg should be about $10 each. you will need three. (one time cost)

The resins cost $35. can last you about 9 -12 months for a nano.

The carbon cost about $12. should last 12 months or more.

I am just guesstimating..... going check with Ken from Madpetz. Very friendly guy.

For location, go check out Madpetz thread in the forum.

It is stated there and the opening hrs too. think its closed on Mon and Tues.

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The refiilable cartridg should be about $10 each. you will need three. (one time cost)

The resins cost $35. can last you about 9 -12 months for a nano.

The carbon cost about $12. should last 12 months or more.

I am just guesstimating..... going check with Ken from Madpetz. Very friendly guy.

For location, go check out Madpetz thread in the forum.

It is stated there and the opening hrs too. think its closed on Mon and Tues.

Thanks a lot:D I will drop by and take a look. I saw sunny03's method already. Its a good and cheap way. I will evaluate and see which suits my use better.

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All the best.

Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow

Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector

Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262

FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000

Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000

Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber

Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500

Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil

Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w

Controller : GHL Profilux

Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes

Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator

External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox

Ozonizer : Sander C50

UV : Corallife 6x

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a bucket, a fine mesh bag, resin and pump. put the mesh bag with resin and run the pump. withinn 1 hours, can achieve TDS reading of zero for ard 60L. this is much faster than those canister filtering system. hope this help.

Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow

Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector

Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262

FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000

Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000

Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber

Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500

Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil

Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w

Controller : GHL Profilux

Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes

Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator

External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox

Ozonizer : Sander C50

UV : Corallife 6x

Algae Scrubbler

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