Coralife RO unit output

TwoTacoCombo · 06-07-2012, 03:32 AM

I got a Coralife 50gpd RO unit yesterday. I hooked it up to my sink faucet today and started letting it run through the first 10 gallons they say to discard. I'm noticing that the waste to RO ratio is closer to 1:1, and I'm getting about 3 gallons per hour out of it, or almost 75gpd. I tested the waste water and the GH is about 50% higher than tap, and the RO water turns an extremely pale green with one drop. I'm usually one to say if it looks too good to be true, it is, but does this all sound reasonable? If the product water tests extremely soft, then the unit should be working correctly, yes?

Zefrik · 06-07-2012, 04:49 AM

I would say, with it being new it will run pretty fast. But after time the waste ratio and gph might get closer to the advertised levels.

discusonly · 06-07-2012, 12:53 PM

Get yourself and inline TDS meter and attach it to the unit. See what the reading is for in/out.

**msawdey** · 06-07-2012, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TwoTacoCombo

I got a Coralife 50gpd RO unit yesterday. I hooked it up to my sink faucet today and started letting it run through the first 10 gallons they say to discard. I'm noticing that the waste to RO ratio is closer to 1:1, and I'm getting about 3 gallons per hour out of it, or almost 75gpd. I tested the waste water and the GH is about 50% higher than tap, and the RO water turns an extremely pale green with one drop. I'm usually one to say if it looks too good to be true, it is, but does this all sound reasonable? If the product water tests extremely soft, then the unit should be working correctly, yes?

what zekrik said is true.. they rate them often to be lower output than what you will have initially because overtime the filters clog.. kind of the idea of a filter

TwoTacoCombo · 06-07-2012, 08:13 PM

Got it. I'm just used to most claims of capacity being best-case examples that you'll never really attain in the real world. Having something work better than advertised threw me for a loop, especially after reading many people having the complete opposite experience. The water pressure in my house must be pretty high...

**msawdey** · 06-07-2012, 08:29 PM

ya.. i hear ya.. i have a mitey mite from air water and ice..... that thing churned out about 2 gallons per hour when i got it. TDS was 0. I was beyond impressed being that it

06-07-2012, 03:32 AM	#1
TwoTacoCombo Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 383	Coralife RO unit output I got a Coralife 50gpd RO unit yesterday. I hooked it up to my sink faucet today and started letting it run through the first 10 gallons they say to discard. I'm noticing that the waste to RO ratio is closer to 1:1, and I'm getting about 3 gallons per hour out of it, or almost 75gpd. I tested the waste water and the GH is about 50% higher than tap, and the RO water turns an extremely pale green with one drop. I'm usually one to say if it looks too good to be true, it is, but does this all sound reasonable? If the product water tests extremely soft, then the unit should be working correctly, yes?

06-07-2012, 12:53 PM	#3
discusonly Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mt. Laurel NJ Posts: 598	Get yourself and inline TDS meter and attach it to the unit. See what the reading is for in/out. __________________ Van

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msawdey Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 968	ya.. i hear ya.. i have a mitey mite from air water and ice..... that thing churned out about 2 gallons per hour when i got it. TDS was 0. I was beyond impressed being that it __________________ msawdey -Just another day in paradise-

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06-07-2012, 04:49 AM	#2
Zefrik Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Topeka, Kansas Posts: 1,016	I would say, with it being new it will run pretty fast. But after time the waste ratio and gph might get closer to the advertised levels.

06-07-2012, 08:13 PM	#5
TwoTacoCombo Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 383	Got it. I'm just used to most claims of capacity being best-case examples that you'll never really attain in the real world. Having something work better than advertised threw me for a loop, especially after reading many people having the complete opposite experience. The water pressure in my house must be pretty high...