Subject: Kent RO filter

Hi Penny,
When I was setting up my reef, I went with all of the equipment you recommended with one exception.  I decided that I could save some money if I bought an RO/DI filter on EBay instead of getting the Kent Ro filter that you recommended.

As my reef settled down from all the cycling and expected initial algae blooms etc, I seemed to be contending with much more algae, planaria, and cyano than I should have.  I wasn’t overfeeding, lighting was appropriate, I added an additional powerhead to eliminate flow as a potential cause, and finally I had my water tested for TDS.  The output of my DI was reading 33 TDS.  DI should be at zero and RO should be far below 33 itself.

I finally listened to you and bought a Kent RO filter.  I haven’t tested the TDS of the new RO, but I don’t have to.  The difference has been more apparent with every weekly water change I’ve done since.   Algae growth has slowed to the point now that it’s not growing back where I remove it from.  I have not had any cyano trying to take hold since the first new Ro water change.  The top of my sand is staying much cleaner with each change.  The coloring of the sand bed against the glass is becoming much less pronounced  again with each change.  The growth of green on the inside of my glass has slowed considerably as well.

In short, as you said, the Kent Ro filter made a huge difference.  Trying to save that money up front was certainly not worth it with all the additional work and aggravation over the past months.   Thank you for recommending top quality products like this! 
Thanks
Paul - NH
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Hey Penny, The Kent R.O we got works Awesome. It set up in just minutes. Pumping out water as we speak.  About one load of laundry to 5gal of R.O. water. Works out great...."
"...Thanks and very happy with the R.O.
Pike
Madison, ME
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Hi Penny,
I thought I'd let you know how the RO is doing. It truly has made a major change in our tank, the green water went away in days and the corals are coming to life, when I think they were just hanging on. The toadstool that had broken away from the base is reattaching it's self, the polyps are out on everything, we can't tell you enough just how thrilled we are. We just should have listened and done it in the beginning, it would have saved us a lot of heart-ache and money. But, nothing except forward from here on out!
Karen
Naples, ME

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