Carbon Filters for Water?

Carbon Filters for Water?

Anyone experienced with what to use to eliminate chlorine?

I'm trying to set up an automatic fill system for my aquarium.

RO requires a place to send waste water, and I have no drain available, plus they waste an astronomic amount of water.

(I could dump it into a rose garden, but I worry that it would kill the roses :-)

I only need about 2 gallons/day. ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
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I though it was the resin that knocked out the chlorine and the carbon knocks out the organic compounds plus filters out suspended solids. Can you use a standard water jug filter? Most claim to remove 80+ percent of chlorine.

Aquarium water should be great for the garden.

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David Eather

No. The waste water is the RO waste. The aquarium is salt water, guaranteed to kill plants ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
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Large salt water aquarium - I wish I had that problem.

The only thing I can think of is to dump the tap water in a large holding tank (a small rainwater tank perhaps) and let nature do it's thing (about 10 days?) to remove the chlorine. If the tank is big enough then continuous flow is possible.

Either that or use dolomite or calcite - but both of those increase water hardness.

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John Fields

I already have a 55 gal drum fed by RO in the garage. Carrying buckets is the issue. I gronked a rotator cuff and my wife is not tall enough to reach that high with a bucket ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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So, do you think a little more Cl is going to kill, or even harm, some fish that are swimming around in dissolved NaCl? I know the fill water has "free" Cl, but is it that much? Maybe have your automatic fill system drip a little sodium thiosulfate into the fill water.

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WangoTango

A piece of plastic tubing, and some gallon bottles? Siphon the purified water into the bottles, and carry them inside...

Charlie

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Charlie E.

120' round trip per trip :-( ...Jim Thompson
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Yes, activated carbon filters remove chlorine, chloramines, and VOC's. You may want to look into the carbon filters made to attach to shower heads. Art

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Artemus

Thompson is obviously an idiot - the aquarium store has those things up the ying-yang.

Thanks, Rich

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Rich Grise

=A0 =A0 ...Jim Thompson

Just leaving it overnight removes most of the chlorine. Easily implemented using cascaded containers above the tank.

NT

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Tabby

That sound good.

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David Eather

Well, you could use the exercise, right???? ;-)

Charlie

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Charlie E.

That's not the issue, though I do have a gronked rotator cuff :-(

The issue is how can the wife do this when I'm out of town. ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
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float switch on aquarium, wires and 1/4" tygon tubing out to a small pump at your RO water tank, neatly duct taped to the baseboards as a permanent installation so you can both go next time - after installation of an automatic feeder also. If the RO water tank is high enough skip the pump and use a float valve for gravity feed.

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Glen Walpert

Put a tap at the bottom of the RO drum?

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That may be the best solution. Maybe make a "tank car" out of a Red Ryder Wagon... fill at the drum, pull to the aquarium, and pump into aquarium ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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