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| Posted | FlowTech Aquarium System |
| 15-10-2007 16:45 by saharajane |
Hi there in wandering i theres anyone out there that can help me i Bought a tank and lots of extras from this site recently and although ive had aquariums for many years i have an item here that im comletely lost with i have no idea what im ment to do with it.Ihave just tropical fish with a ehium filter the profesional model.So this monster of whatever has got me baifald its called a FlowTech Aquarium System VERY BIG AND HEAVY PIECE OF KIT.CAN ADD A PIC SOMEHOW IF IT HELPS.please can someone help me here.
Hugs Sarah. |
| 15-10-2007 16:55 by saharajane |
HERES PIC IF IT HELPS.
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| 15-10-2007 16:59 by saharajane |
Heres the name ive looked it up all over the net but cant come up with anything.No instructions or anything.I cant understand what on earth im ment to attach it to.
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| 15-10-2007 17:18 by CichlidRouse |
hi
its an ro unit used for taking out all the *** in the tap water  |
| 15-10-2007 17:27 by yanton |
sarah, normally the input comes from the tap, and pure water comes out the other end.
the water is prefiltered then pushed through a polythene type membrane where only pure water molecules can get through. they are also used for domestic drinking water. full name is a 'reverse osmosis' unit. they are quite expensive, so if you dont want it you should be able to resell it. |
| 15-10-2007 17:29 by saharajane |
Problem is my water supply is rather a long way from my tank. |
| 15-10-2007 17:33 by Woz |
hose pipe |
| 15-10-2007 17:40 by saharajane |
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| 15-10-2007 17:44 by saharajane |
Mmmmmmm im wandering wether to try selling it.I have my cold water come through fridge.I add cycle to tap water .I wish i new more about system.I wouldnt now what filters id need or anything. |
| 15-10-2007 17:44 by keith t |
Hose pipe will be no good as it wont fit the ro unit or the output hose of the ro unit.
Best thing to do is get yourself a container of some sort bigger the better to collect the filtered water as it will need to be re mineralised before it gets added to the tank |
| 15-10-2007 17:57 by saharajane |
 i dont do complicated. |
| 15-10-2007 18:15 by keith t |
How old are the cartridges as they may need replacing, did you get a tds meter with it. |
| 15-10-2007 18:19 by saharajane |
No theres no metre with it.It only seems to be one cartridge thing on it Keith. |
| 15-10-2007 18:36 by robert.pope |
saharajane have a little look on (the ro man site)
the filters are used if your keeping marine or discus and the water will need adjusting with addatives to make it more stable all filters will need replacing if you plan on using it....would be around £30 depending on the litres per hour flow rate dont sell it to cheap as the bottom perspex filter housings are a £10 each new pluss fittings. |
| 16-10-2007 16:49 by keith t |
Jane there are 3 cartridges, its a 3 stage ro unit. There is probabley a pre sediment filter followed by a carbon filter and then followed by the ro membrane, judging by the pic it looks quite dirty but without a tds meter to measure total disolved solids exiting the ro unit its hard to tell, its probably wise to replace them all. |
| 16-10-2007 17:36 by telboy |
also if youve got poor water pressure youll need to buy an add on pump...more expense |
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