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12/23/2006, 08:54 PM
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amonia straight outta ro/di machine??
just got done testing ro/di water and came up .4 amonia! Is this possible and why? this was tested directly out of the blue outlet, so there is no confusion... .4 amonia
thanks in advance jamison |
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12/23/2006, 09:11 PM
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How old are your filters??? Have something dead in them??? lol Also if you ran the flush kit with dirty water that might have something to do with it... Oh, not to mention if your test kit is expired...
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12/23/2006, 09:16 PM
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filters are three months old, test kit is freash, ran it three times. its a coralife so does not have a flush kit, just swap the hoses and flush that way, which i have yet to do. thanks for the questions, i knew there would be something i forgot to add
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12/24/2006, 12:16 AM
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Moved On
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Contact your water utility and ask if they use chloramines for disinfection, sounds like they do. If so you need either a 0.5 micron Chlorine Guzzler carbon block or a granular catalytic carbon cartridgee followed by a carbon block or sediment filter to adsorb the chlorine and ammonia that make up chloramines.
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12/24/2006, 12:22 AM
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What AZ said, probably chloramine. Just let the water circulate for a couple of days and it will dissipate (test again after 2 days).
Colect H2O in a large garbage can--that way you can manipulate conditions better.
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12/24/2006, 02:50 AM
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thanks alot.....that makes sense, it was straight out of the discharge, i do aerate and circulate for about 4 days before use, just never tested it straight out of the ro machine before. thanks agian for the advice.
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12/24/2006, 04:55 AM
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this also explains the trace of amonia in my tank last week, see my top of water comes directly from my ro/di setup..... which put amonia into my tank, guess i need better filters, i guess i have alot to learn, but hopefully some else will read this and learn from my mistakes
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12/24/2006, 05:03 AM
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where would you guys recomend getting such filters?
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12/24/2006, 11:42 AM
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Moved On
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12/24/2006, 01:20 PM
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thanks
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12/25/2006, 03:52 PM
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AZDESERTRAT i took your advise and ordered the maxcap from spectrapure. any input on putting bypass or tip tricks reguarding use? any input would be great
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12/25/2006, 04:58 PM
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Moved On
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You could use an RO bypass to waste the first few ounces of water to flush the TDS creep out before making DI. I use a pressure tank and faucets so I can't flush to waste.
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12/26/2006, 11:06 PM
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bump
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