To baffle or not to baffle?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I thought that was supposed to shorten the life of the membrane??

Rapid shut off can cause cavitation in the membrane which can cause damage but a pressurized storage tank or accumulator eliminates this problem. So if you don't have a pressure tank or accumulator then you'll want to run your RO for longer periods of time less often to reduce the occurrence of possible damage.

[Parker]

I have one baffle in my sump but only cause I'm too lazy to take it out. No micro bubble issues and my skimmer doesn't introduce bubbles. My auto top-off is manual at the moment but I'm planning on running a float valve in the sump backed up by a electric valve connected to a timer through my APEX.