If you have any suggestions on cheap ways to filter tap water and keep your TDS/PPM level low please post them here.
Currently I use britta water filters to lower the PPM of my running tap water from 210 down to around 100, +/- 20
I mark my reservoir with a line at 12 gallons and use tap water passed thru the britta filter to fill it up. Once I hit the line, I begin to scoop the water in the reservoir and pass it through the filter again and again until the pH of the resevoir reads 5.8 pH. The more you pass the water through the filter, the lower PPM and pH of the entire solution will be.
This obviously takes a long time but in theory you could make use of multiple filters to speed the process up. Doing this, I have found that the pH and PPM of the solution is very stable even after nutrients are added.
Does anyone have any other tips or tricks to stabilize nutrient solutions?
One thing I had considered was making my own filter using the same contents that britta uses, just on a larger scale and hopefully cheaper.... does anyone know anything about this?
Currently I use britta water filters to lower the PPM of my running tap water from 210 down to around 100, +/- 20
I mark my reservoir with a line at 12 gallons and use tap water passed thru the britta filter to fill it up. Once I hit the line, I begin to scoop the water in the reservoir and pass it through the filter again and again until the pH of the resevoir reads 5.8 pH. The more you pass the water through the filter, the lower PPM and pH of the entire solution will be.
This obviously takes a long time but in theory you could make use of multiple filters to speed the process up. Doing this, I have found that the pH and PPM of the solution is very stable even after nutrients are added.
Does anyone have any other tips or tricks to stabilize nutrient solutions?
One thing I had considered was making my own filter using the same contents that britta uses, just on a larger scale and hopefully cheaper.... does anyone know anything about this?
