FYI - Sugar Land switching from Chlorine to Chloramine (1 Viewer)

[Nemo]

http://m.yourhoustonnews.com/mobile...cle_deeefad8-f2d2-11e2-a7d0-0019bb2963f4.html

 

[dark8nge1]

Just make sure your carbon blocks are fresh and you'll be fine. I've been running a test with two RO systems one with the standard carbon block and one with the specialty chloramine block. One month in and no difference. No chloramine is getting through either system. Will be interesting to see if the specialty block actually lasts longer.

 

[Nemo]

Thanks, Ben.

 

[Jaybird]

How's the flavor and smell of chloramine?

 

[RR-MAN]

Just make sure your carbon blocks are fresh and you'll be fine. I've been running a test with two RO systems one with the standard carbon block and one with the specialty chloramine block. One month in and no difference. No chloramine is getting through either system. Will be interesting to see if the specialty block actually lasts longer.

That's a good way of doing it.

I didn't have a spare ro/di so I ran the chloramine carbon block for 6 month and regular carbon block for 6 months and did not notice any change in my corals or water condition so went back to regular carbon filter. I'm considering even taking out the di resin after talking to Quoc. It's not the money issue it's just a pain to remember to order the stuff on time and have it handy.

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

Be aware that a specialty carbon block, like our BFS-5158 Chloraguard Chloramine Removal Block

doesn't necessarily last longer. That's not what they're built for - so its really not a good measure of their quality/function.

They are designed to react with the chloramines very quickly. Just like catalytic GAC - they are "faster" carbons.

Russ

 

[malira]

Just make sure your carbon blocks are fresh and you'll be fine. I've been running a test with two RO systems one with the standard carbon block and one with the specialty chloramine block. One month in and no difference. No chloramine is getting through either system. Will be interesting to see if the specialty block actually lasts longer.

Did these results ever change?

I am in the process of upgrading my RO/DI system. I just want to know if I need another reactor.

My water starts off going through a Rainsoft water softner ------then a RO/DI system.

The sump has dual reactor (GFO & activated carbon) would this do anything for chloramines?

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

Did these results ever change?

I am in the process of upgrading my RO/DI system. I just want to know if I need another reactor.

My water starts off going through a Rainsoft water softner ------then a RO/DI system.

The sump has dual reactor (GFO & activated carbon) would this do anything for chloramines?

You want to address the chloramine BEFORE it gets in your tank - it is deadly to aquatic organisms. A second carbon stage, especially if you use a fast acting chloramine block, is a very low cost and good way of doing this.

Russ

 

[Jimsreef]

you really need to address it before it gets to the ro membrane

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

We're designing a system now for someone that will have a large automatically backwashing carbon tank followed by one of our commercial RO's. The tank will use CGAC and be sized to provide adequate contact time to address the chloramines.