The AquaFX Barracuda 100 GPD RO/DI System

We've been buying RODI and mixed water for years. Not sure why we waited so long to do this. This makes a lot of perfect RODI pretty quickly. Also recommend their food grade water storage container with auto shut off valve. Allows us to make the perfect amount of water for 30 gallon water change. Once the container is full, the auto shutoff turns off the water flow, and releases the line pressure on the system, even with the water still turned on. Couldn't be happier with the product. You will burn through DI filters faster than any of the others. Recommend purchasing a couple extra DI filters.

Just got this delivered today. I got the HM Digital TDS-EZ Water Quality TDS Tester in the mail last night so I got to play with that first. After about 1 minute of assembly (Insert Membrane filter, connect 2 water lines lines via quick connect) I hooked the filter up to the garden hose. After about 45 seconds, the filter completely filled and slowly......slowly started dispensing the filtered water. I tested the water right off the bat. I didn't even give it time to run any crap out of the lines and it registered at 000 TDS. Very impressed. Just to give some other numbers; My tap water registered at 356 TDS. The filtered water from my fridge door dispenser registered at 180 TDS, and the filtered water in my Britta water pitcher registered at 140. The pressure meter is reading at 60PSI. I am going to let it run all night and dump the first batch. Supposedly the output will increase as the filter breaks in, so I will be back to update the rating.

I bought this RO/DI unit for mixing saltwater for an aquarium. The unit itself isn't anything fancy but comes with everything you need and produces 0 TDS water. It hooks up to a regular hose screws with the included adapter, and works well once you get it going. It's a bit slower than the 100 GPD rating, closer to 75 GPD with my 55 PSI tap but it's still fast enough to get the job done.I'm not sure buying this from Amazon is the best way to get one though, I had to exchange the first unit due to missing parts and the second one was cracked and leaking between the sediment and carbon stages. The third one works great but getting the product to you is a pitfall with this one.

This was my first R/O filter. When we first moved here, I had it connected to ‘city water’. I had about 28 tanks, 20 of which needed soft water. I was using about 80 gallons of filtered water daily for water changes.Our water,here, is much harder than the water we had in Atlanta. I was having to change the sediment filter out every 2-3 months, and all others twice a year.But, then the utility provider changed, and we received a significant water price increase, so I had to rethink this issue. I decided to connect it to the well water. Our well water is even worse than our ‘city’ water. The pH is over 8.5, the hardness exceeds what my test kit could measure. My African cichlids, Guppies, snails and shrimp absolutely love this water. But, the South Americans and Bettas/Gourami, not so much. I decided to buy another filter, rated for more GPD than this one, as the quantity of water filtered was much less with well water.This new filter by Liquagen (more expensive), with a high customer rating, was for 150 GPD. I had nothing but issues with it. It constantly leaked, and barely created 80 gallons a day. I don’t mean minor leakage, but major. It was so bad my husband threatened to flush all my fish, he was so worried about structural damage. My fish room is in the garage. It’s insulated and heated/air conditioned. We live at the coast, our living quarters are above the garage.So, I decided to go back to this filter. It takes almost 2 days to produce 80 gallons. But, I’ve since downsized quite a bit, I don’t need as much water, I’m fine with it. (all those problems with the other filter started taking most of my joy out of the hobby, and I’ve had to start traveling a lot more. My pet/fish sitter is good, but not as good as me, I started losing too many fish) But, other than that, it has been nothing but smooth sailing with this filter. I do need to change out the sediment filter every 10-14 days. And the DEIONIZATION RESIN filter every month. (I switched to the refillable kind - it’s cheaper)

This is awesome for its purpose I have 6 fish tanks and I have ran 220 gallons of water before it showed tds at 1 that is excellent for the size perfect for what I have which is 150 gallon and 2- 90 gallon and 3-30 gallon fish tanks pluse great for drinking at the same time and to replace the cartridges and maintain are not that expensive considering how many gallons I pump out this normally at 100 gallons maybe 160 gallons u would replace the cartridges at 220 just follow the video and u will be pleased great product good job guys

The media could not be loaded. Got this unit a week back the setup was easy. I would suggest to check the tightness of each chamber before you turn on for fist time. Check existing hoses that are preconnected already and once unit turned ON check for water speed in the meter.. Assembly part so easy but unfortunately it came with leak.. one request: before you sent any unit make sure all unit are leak free otherwise you will loose all confidence