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Unread 03/08/2018, 12:36 PM   #13
Zalick
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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Originally Posted by ttop24 View Post
I do live near a farm but im up hill from it. I only get nitrates out of the tap. I get .25 ammonia strait from R/O unit. I get between 5.0 and 1.0 from Brute trash can when full. Afraid to use the water even if I add prime. 1 micron R/Osave.Z sediment filter, 2 x 1 Micron Universal Carbon block, 2 x 75 gpd dow filmtech RO membrane, 2 x dual color changing DI Resin. the filters came from bulk reef supply with the unit.
Something doesn't seem to add up. I don't understand why the RO unit would produce ammonia if you are getting zero readings from the tap. Unless maybe your DI is saturated and releasing ammonia back in?

We need some of the water experts to chime in: BuckeyeHydro, Spectrapure, AZDesertrat.


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