Hello Al
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:42:03 -0500, Al Anderson <killiman at iquest_net>
wrote:
An R O unit is a simple filter that forces water through a membrane.
Who has built one from scratch and where did you get the parts like
membrane, housing, ( did you make it.) Restrictor ect.
Peat filter and get the benefit of the anti-bacterial/fungal tannins
as well all manner of other ply-phenol antioxidants and hormone
mimics. Just watch your pH...
If you problem is Ca and Mg then you may want to think about dosing
with bicarbonate (use potassium not sodium bicarb or you will kill
your fish). You should be able to convince most of the Ca and Mg to
precipitate out of solution. You will then be left with a very high pH
(8.4 about) that you can bring down with peat filtration or acetic
acid (vinegar). Seems an awefull lot of work. Why not keep Aphanius
instead?
tt4n
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