old joe
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I like to tinker and so I'm going to apply some technology used by a California
city water company to my reef tank ( 55 g. ) cuz the technology they use removes gaseous impurities from their drinking water.
I saw the idea on TV... maybe Science Channel ?
Anyway, the similarity of purifying drinking water is adapted to aquarium keeping already in that the city uses a R.O. and ion exchange system just like we do. Beyond that, the city uses ultra high UV lighting for sterilization as well.
Their next to the last process is what I want to try... they use a tower, probably 2 stories high, in which are a zillion bio-balls. They introduce the water into the top of this tall chamber and let it trickle down while at the bottom of this chamber they pump in compressed air.
The idea is that the droplets of water introduced at the top of the chamber are air saturated thus bleeding off trapped gases thru a vent atop the chamber.
Simple but effective... it purifys drinking water.
I'm going to use a Tupperware container full of bio-balls and syphon tank water from my tank down to the Tupperware which will be in my 30 g. sump.
I'll put an airstone at the bottom and see what happens... only problem is I'm not a marine biologist and have no equipment, like a professional grade microscope to see any before and after whatevers in my tank water.
Just a thought worth passing on to other tinkerers.
city water company to my reef tank ( 55 g. ) cuz the technology they use removes gaseous impurities from their drinking water.
I saw the idea on TV... maybe Science Channel ?
Anyway, the similarity of purifying drinking water is adapted to aquarium keeping already in that the city uses a R.O. and ion exchange system just like we do. Beyond that, the city uses ultra high UV lighting for sterilization as well.
Their next to the last process is what I want to try... they use a tower, probably 2 stories high, in which are a zillion bio-balls. They introduce the water into the top of this tall chamber and let it trickle down while at the bottom of this chamber they pump in compressed air.
The idea is that the droplets of water introduced at the top of the chamber are air saturated thus bleeding off trapped gases thru a vent atop the chamber.
Simple but effective... it purifys drinking water.
I'm going to use a Tupperware container full of bio-balls and syphon tank water from my tank down to the Tupperware which will be in my 30 g. sump.
I'll put an airstone at the bottom and see what happens... only problem is I'm not a marine biologist and have no equipment, like a professional grade microscope to see any before and after whatevers in my tank water.
Just a thought worth passing on to other tinkerers.
