My tap water has 0.7 ppm fluoride and an unknown amount of chlorine, chloramine and who knows what else. Some might say its ok but I feel anything that will lower the quality or yield of the final result shouldn't be allowed. These things obviously aren't good for microbes which is the key to a good organic soil. I've done ro water and supplemented ppm back in with stuff like aloe and silica but it's wasteful and took too long to get the amount of water I needed and I don't want to have to use nutrients every time I water just to not have 0ppm which I feel isn't really good for the ph of the soil and probably the plants either even if it's organic. I've stumbled onto this company: https://www.pure-earth.com/fluoride-water-filters.htm. They claim their filters remove fluoride and the other contaminants while also leaving beneficial minerals. Something I haven't seen or heard of which makes me a little skeptical of them. I emailed them. Does anyone have any suggestions on a solution or is ro really the only way to fix this?
water filter/treatment recommendations?
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green_machine_two9er
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Small boy
Rurumo
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If your tap water is alright for your purposes, ppm wise, I'd just use Vitamin C to remove the chlorine/chloramine. I buy it off amazon by the pound, it's cheap and lasts forever. This isn't bro science https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/html/05231301/05231301.html. It's also great for your plants in a bunch of other ways.
green_machine_two9er
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HydroLogic Small Boy De-chlorinator & Sediment Filter System - Smallboy (BRAND CLOSEOUT - EXISTING STOCK ONLY)
Removes up to 99% of chlorine and 90% of sediment rust silt etc. @ 1 GPM. Easily produces 60 gallons per hour of clear water filtered down to 5 microns. Filter capacity of 3000 gallons.
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Damn my high ass thought you were calling me a small boy.HydroLogic Small Boy De-chlorinator & Sediment Filter System - Smallboy (BRAND CLOSEOUT - EXISTING STOCK ONLY)
Removes up to 99% of chlorine and 90% of sediment rust silt etc. @ 1 GPM. Easily produces 60 gallons per hour of clear water filtered down to 5 microns. Filter capacity of 3000 gallons.
Yeah I'm familiar with vitamin c for chlorine and chloramine removal but I'm concerned about the fluoride and my precious microbes. It seems like 0.7 ppm isn't alot but I feel like for fluoride it is.
Rurumo
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I don't think that flouride will affect your microbes at all. In all the places I've lived, I've used tap water and still had a thriving microbiome in my organic soils. I honestly think chlorine doesn't even have a significant lasting impact on them, though I do remove it just in case.
It for sure has a negative effect, we just don't know how much. I'd rather not have any of it all so I can promote more microbes and nutrient cycling. Especially if I'm going through the trouble of using stuff likes labs and pnsb and compost teas.
KootenayDIY
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I use a inline RV water filter using KDF/charcoal. The unit screws on your hose. I get one full grow from one. Two packs on amazon. May be an easy solution. I use it to get rid of the high chlorine and chloramine in my water.
KootenayDIY
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Yeah 1 gram treats 75 gallons. I use to do it. Now I'm concerned about fluoride. Doesn't seem like there's any way other than filters but I'd like to at the very least not go the ro water route.
buenochair
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Hey brother lmk you find something other than a filter I think that's the only choice if you're stuck with American tap. I thought RO removes about 99% of "flouride". I'd guess the filters that leave beneficial minerals would be higher ph for drinking purposes. Removing industrial waste is easier said than done, also not cheap ask the Chinese phosphorous factories.
Check out these filters and let me know what you think. https://www.pure-earth.com/fluoride-water-filters.htm. I'm considering getting one but the guy hasn't responded to my email. He claims his filter removes fluoride, chlorine, etc and leaves many of the beneficial minerals. I've also found rv water filters on amazon that work for 1300 gallons and remove fluoride using aluminum oxide. The filters were 2 for 30 I think. I also found some reverse osmosis filters online that have another filter that add minerals back into it.
I wish there was a just a garden hose attachment or something more convenient. Doesn't seem like it would be that hard to add bone char or aluminum oxide to something like the boogie blue filters. But those rv filters are the closest thing I've seen but them not wanting to talk about results with me or show tests results makes me skeptical.
I recommend Woder FRM-Q12-DC fluoride water filtration. Easy setup. No additional equipment was required for my setup. The flow rate on my cold water has decreased, but not by much. I expected the Fluoride filter to drop more traffic than it did. I was surprised. The water flow is definitely enough for daily use.
Even my parents are satisfied with it, they drink the water at my house and compliment that the water is very good. I will buy them one.