TAP water for RDWC question

rkymtnman

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I dont have chloramine was just talking about it vs chlorine.
My tap water is mostly snow melt that collects in natural reservoirs its very clean to start with so they dont go crazy treating it. On top of that my part of the city is on one of the newer water plants. I get a 60-80ppm from the tap.

I think your water will be fine after that filter.
don't kid yourself fragile. every time i flush up here, you're drinking it.. LOL.
 

kratosxxl

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fragileassassin

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u are absolutely right 5 stage replacement cost around 120 so as the new unit that comes with new filters :) (and god forbid if u have 7 stage then u looking at 140-160 in filter replacement )
But the idea of RO is that removes almost everything than adds back minerals and makes water alkaline
My RO came out at 0ppm. It made things way more difficult to keep stable and I stopped using it halfway through my first grow in favor on tap.

don't kid yourself fragile. every time i flush up here, you're drinking it.. LOL.
oooooowwwwww... I almost died, ive been trying hard to not laugh that hard because it hurts.
I still filter everything I drink though. but my ladies might be drinking it some :shock:
 

kratosxxl

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My RO came out at 0ppm. It made things way more difficult to keep stable and I stopped using it halfway through my first grow in favor on tap.


oooooowwwwww... I almost died, ive been trying hard to not laugh that hard because it hurts.
I still filter everything I drink though. but my ladies might be drinking it some :shock:
u sure its RO not RODI ? ( Reverse Osmosis De-Ionized ) thats the only time i see 0 ppm i use that for reef tank but RO is usually 6-7ppm if filters are new
 

rkymtnman

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so only thing im not sure if leaving water under sun for 24 hours will remove chlorine
this type of stuff usually works well for freshwater fishtanks so maybe it will work for DWC
are you sure you have both chlorine and chloramine in your tap? usually one or the other , not both.

if it's just chlorine, i would either 1. do nothing or 2. if you really want it out, just put an airstone in your water for 24hrs
 

fragileassassin

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u sure its RO not RODI ? ( Reverse Osmosis De-Ionized ) thats the only time i see 0 ppm i use that for reef tank but RO is usually 6-7ppm if filters are new
was just a hydrologic stealth 150. The water was pretty clean going in so and came out 0ppm for the few months I used it. I only had about 1:1 waste water too. These are the things that made me eventually look at my tap water as an option. Glad I did.

oops. dont' want your insides to become your outsides. my bad!
Everythings "healed" by now, just dealing with nerve pain on the mesh while its building scar tissue. Coughing sneezing laughing ect puts pressure on the repair and irritates the nerves
 

kratosxxl

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are you sure you have both chlorine and chloramine in your tap? usually one or the other , not both.

if it's just chlorine, i would either 1. do nothing or 2. if you really want it out, just put an airstone in your water for 24hrs
well its LA water so i wont be surprised if county dumps aliens dead bodies and dissolve them (u heard about Area 51 right ? :)))) )
 

fragileassassin

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@fragileassassin r u growing with tap now ? If yes any issues ?
Ive actually had less issues since I switch to my tap. That 0ppm RO was a royal pain in the ass to keep stable until about halfway through veg when they started getting decently strong nutrient. Now its rock solid the whole way through.
My water is better than average and I have access to very detailed yearly reports.
I would just get a multi test kit like this and see whats in your water. 200ppm is usually pushing it a bit, but your filter will clean some of that up.
 

Midiver

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Plant do an excellent job at absorbing and concentrating the toxins added to our tap water.
 

kratosxxl

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Were i live there is no fluoride
Correction there is fluoride but really small amounts
 
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2com

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Good find on that filter @kratosxxl
Anyone, what does owning/using a chloramine capable filtration system cost a year - or per cycle (whatever the replacement timing of the filters is)?
Particularly canadians, I wish I could just "@" everyone in canada. Hah.
 

DaFreak

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I know this was discussed a lot but just wondering if anything changed ?
So my TAP readings are
PPM 200
PH 6.8

I know it has a chlorine and chloramine so i was thinking to let it outside for 24 hr most of chlorine will evaporate and use Campden tablets to remove chloramine

or maybe use something like this ?

Main reasons im asking
1. Filter above gives u 2GPM vs my RODI 5 GPH
2. no wasted water (My RODI wastes 3 gal to make 1 gallon of 0 PPM)
3. If u need to do emregency water change in my case it will take ~9 hr to make 45 gal water
Honestly I would just do a run with it as is. 200 isn't bad and you can just download your provider's detailed test from the net that they usually do quarterly. KISS.
 

kratosxxl

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Good find on that filter @kratosxxl
Anyone, what does owning/using a chloramine capable filtration system cost a year - or per cycle (whatever the replacement timing of the filters is)?
Particularly canadians, I wish I could just "@" everyone in canada. Hah.
I actually returned the filter it was leaking and for some reason ppm went up to 250 and ph to 8,1 so not sure if it was intended but that descreases amount of food u can give wich is not a bad thing but i trying to find better filter
 

kratosxxl

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The main reason im lookig for another option is my rodi waste 3 gall to make 1 so to make 50 gall im wasting 150 and that doesn't really make sense now if i change water every 7-10 days that 1200 gallon wasted
 

Midiver

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Two five gallon buckets with one or two gravity feed high end carbon ceramic filters will quickly filter rain water or any water source other than tap water without waste without toxins or bacteria. Water needs to be at room temperatures. This type of filter is about 120 dollars. You will have a product that is not full of toxic fluoride with heavy metals. Fluoride is a carcinogenic poison right, you all know this right, and plants absorb it readily. Fluoride also makes people passive and dims their thinking. RO does not remove it at all, neither does carbon.
 
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