Reverse Osmosis Filter System

Ok so I plan on using well water for watering my plants but issues, is its jacked full of calcium and the ph is a little too high, I was told that a RO filter would fix all my problems, so any suggestions on a good one to get? I am growing in soil but I may switch to hydro one day if thats relevant at all

Hydro logic logic 100 gpd is what your looking for. I believe that's the smallest they make but that would be more than enough water for 1 large grow

Roflicer said:

Ok so I plan on using well water for watering my plants but issues, is its jacked full of calcium and the ph is a little too high, I was told that a RO filter would fix all my problems, so any suggestions on a good one to get? I am growing in soil but I may switch to hydro one day if thats relevant at all

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Hydrologic is the best one andthey also make replacement filters specific for Well water treatment.........so id look into getting one of the replacement filters too....

hoagtech said:

Hydro logic logic 100 gpd is what your looking for. I believe that's the smallest they make but that would be more than enough water for 1 large grow

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Very good R/O systems.. Check out this one I stumbled across.. Reverse Osmosis System that adds cal-mag! I didnt know such things existed!!! It says it adds 15-30 PPM of Cal / Mag per gallon.
click the link and see for yourself!!!!

http://www.theperfectwater.com/Tap-Master-Artesian-Hydro-Gardener-Pro-Remineralizing-Reverse-Osmosis-Water-Filtration-System.html

I am using standard city water with a POS hydro kit with no problems

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I use the growonix 200 system. Takes my Shity water and gets me very low ppm numbers and is prefect after nutes are added. And at 9 gallons an hour I can fill my tanks 5 hours.

i use a bulk reef supply 4 stage w/di works well under 10 ppm i have very hard water i dont have near the gph as warlock takes me 5 hours to make 20 gal lol

So outside of the GPD/GPH ratings... How do HydroLogic's for instance stack up against the ones in a local hardware store? I'm assuming the same # of stages to try and make it an apples-to-apples comparison...

If you use RO water you will need to use cal-mag.

NewGrower2011 said:

So outside of the GPD/GPH ratings... How do HydroLogic's for instance stack up against the ones in a local hardware store? I'm assuming the same # of stages to try and make it an apples-to-apples comparison...

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The RO units at the local chain hardware stores are meant more towards home drinking water usage. Most of the ones they have aren't anything like 100 gallons per day. I think I have a Watts brand in my kitchen and it wouldn't put out enough for watering plants. It only holds 3 gallons or so at a time and takes a while to fill up. Stick with horticulture RO systems like Hydrologic. Well worth the money.

What the fuck would I be doing where I need 100 gallons a day, 3 gallons a day would be perfect for my 3 plants lol

Roflicer said:

What the fuck would I be doing where I need 100 gallons a day, 3 gallons a day would be perfect for my 3 plants lol

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You would be doing big things. I'm going to be upgrading to a 1000 gpd soon. I would finaly be abul to do all my tanks in 1 day and keep up with all the plants drinking 25 gallons a day. Yes I'm looking at the 41 gph not the total 1000.

Just because it says 100 gpd doesn't mean it can give you all of that at one time either. Home units that do 50 gpd or less take forever to refill and are not for doing something like this.

Do you reccomend also going with the pre-filters?

I'm kicking around the idea of the whole-house model from HydroLogic... why not right? I had considered getting a whole-house filter from the local big name store... and it's likely nowhere near as good as the HL or similar vendor offerings... Right?

ALSO, does it lower the ph of the water? my well water is 7.2

i second bulk reef supply. very good units and reasonably priced. i would recommend a 4 stage unit. actual ro production depends on alot of factors. if water is real dirty it takes longer. if its real cold it takes longer. input water pressure also plays a huge roll in production. most homes limit water pressure to 60 psi. if you want a 100 gpd or higher unit you will need an ro pressure pump. i would measure the tds coming out of your source to help determine what size unit you will need. the higher the tds the bigger the unit you want. if you live in an area that has real cold water then a bigger unit will be necessary. also keep in mind how many plants you plan on watering. i have a deionization unit in addition to the r/o. reverse osmosis is very pure and most nutrient companys are designed to work with tap water. most city water supplys have calcium, mag, and micro nutrients already in them so supplementation may be necessary. know your nutrients and what they are capable of. some well water is perfect for plants so you may just be wasting your money on a r/o system. you stated your well water is super loaded with calcium ? how high is it ? what is the tds of the well water ? does it have any sulphor in it ? has it been analyzed ?

That hydrologic 100 that was recommended in response 1 works well and was very well priced and I paid hydro store prices. I had compared it to the local hardware store chains. I only run it when I'm home, and it provides me more than enough to feed a dozen 15 gallon pots. If I needed more I would hook it to a Rez with an overflow stopper and run it 24/7 but it hasn't come up yet.

If a unit is rated at 150GPD and another is 1000GPD, is the water any cleaner between the two or will the 1000GPD just produce more faster clean water?
Assuming they both are similar.

a good r/o system will yield a tds reading of 0 to 5 ppm regardless of how many gallons its rated.