Carbon filters

Carbon filters#338617

By Adam Miller -  Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:01 pm
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- Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:01 pm #338617

Recently found an nsa water filter would this be good enough for well water my water just has minerals in it

Re: Carbon filters#338620

By bananaman -  Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:02 am
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- Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:02 am #338620

Carbon filters are not sufficient. They remove chlorine and organics from water, but they don’t remove minerals.

If you want to use a filter to make water for your carnivorous plants, it has to be a reverse osmosis or deionization filter.

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Re: Carbon filters#338624

By nimbulan -  Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:02 am
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- Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:02 am #338624

Carbon filters will remove some minerals, but generally not much. It's not what they're designed for. You either need a filter that also contains DI resin (the ZeroWater brand is the only one I'm aware of) or a reverse osmosis system.

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Re: Carbon filters#338638

By Artchic528 -  Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:22 am
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- Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:22 am #338638

I use my tap water because it's less than 50ppm. Otherwise I just let the rain do the watering for me.

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