Fountainhead Water Systems

AQUARIUMS

One of the most important aspects to caring for your aquarium, is providing the purest, thus, best environment for the ecosystem, clean water. For topping off and water changes, you will need many gallons of water. Water is heavy to transport, and for the price of the containers alone, you are better off with an Reverse Osmosis System with a Deionizer filter add on. You can have clean water whenever you want, without the added hassle of lugging big jugs around.

There are various schools of thought as to the right way to hook up your Reverse Osmosis System. This particular article has some very valid points to consider. You decide which way you want to go, but it is best to keep these factors in mind even if you decide to go with the automatic top off from your RO System

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Which ever way you go, a float valve will turn off the system when water is full. Think about how you want to set up your system, and how many float switches etc you may need. We sell the Reverse Osmosis system with everything you need to hook up the system, including the auto shut off switch and check valve. You only have to install the float valve. The delivery end is your choice. Here is one example of how to hook up a system for storage or storage and top off.

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A Video Explaining the Various Components*

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*The Auto Shut Off Switch and Check Valve is already part of the System. The Check Valve is built into the reverse osmosis membrane connection

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You would probably want to place the system where you have the space for storing water, a basement or a laundry room would be ideal. You would need access to your water lines as well as drainage. Connect your system to the water supply either with a faucet, feed water adapter or hose adapter, that is a part of the system, and place the drain line in a sink, or hook it into your drainage system with the saddle valve provided.  Use a large food grade container for water storage, and run your RO/DI water into it. Position your float valve.for auto cut off. This makes the purest drinking water as well. Just make sure your storage containers are sanitary.

All our Aquarium systems come with a color changing Deionizer filter. The color changes from blue to brown as it exhausts. This gives you a visual aid to know when to change the media. The media is in a clear housing that is refillable. This is much more economical way to use DI. Reverse Osmosis and deionization (DI) perform the same task of removing impurities from tap water. However, DI purifies water utilizing the principle of ion exchange to remove impurities and replaces them with pure water.In most instances, an RO unit serves as a well-rounded filtration method that removes the majority of impurities; coupled with a post deionization filter, the resulting water is 99.9% pure. Many RO units are available as a combined RO/DI unit or are able to accommodate an add-on DI unit that simply attaches to your existing RO unit. 

Reverse osmosis removes virtually everything from tap water, including essential minerals your aquarium inhabitants need to flourish. Depending on the type of aquarium the RO water is being used for, it may be necessary to add these essential minerals back into the purified water. Most marine salt mixes already contain these minerals and the use of RO conditioners is not necessary. However, freshwater aquariums require re-mineralization to achieve the desired pH. Your local fish store should have minerals available in various forms. 

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