Combination of the holidays and a crazy New Years deadline for a work project has slowed me down again... The good news is, the tank is in the house and on the stand. This is the first time I put it up there and it fit perfectly into the curved molding I made with absolutely no wiggle-room... whew! Measure twice, cut once.
I have ordered a couple buckets of salt and started setting up the water ATO and mixing station in the garage, but I ran into some water issues and need to have someone check it out. In the past, when I ran the hot water for a shower, occasionally a spurt of gray water would fly out... It only happened when I ran the hot and I assumed it was something collecting in my water heater so I flushed the water heater. It still happened occasionally. When I hooked up my RO/DI system, I discovered the source of the 'gray' water... There is what appears to be something like bearing grease coating the line going INTO the water heater which is where I tapped in for my RO/DI. I do not want to use the water for fear that it will not all get filtered out and kill everything in the tank.
My questions are:
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
Can anyone recommend someone to check it out? I was thinking city water, but would prefer someone who likes their job and cares...
Would an RO/DI system effectively filter out what appears to be petroleum based?
If it would filter it out, I'm sure I'd be burning through filters and membranes and having to constantly monitor TDS, so I'd prefer to resolve the situation instead of working around it.
Awesome build, would you consider building another for a fellow hobbyist. I have a 175g Oceanic but i don't have a stand. I would pay for all expenses of course. Can you contact me please. In the Austin area.
