Reverse Osmosis Units
R.O. Units are beneficial to your aquarium water and therefore your fish as they remove the harmful pollutants found in our water supply, the most commonly known are Chlorine, Chloramines, Nitrates, Phosphates, Heavy Metals and water hardness.
R.O. systems can remove up to 99% of these contaminates.
All types of fish and aquatics systems benefit from the use of R.O. water, not only soft water species such as Discus and Marine fish but all systems through the reduction of Phosphate and Nitrate levels, the single biggest cause of nuisance algae in any aquatic system.
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Within an R.O. Unit there is a tightly bound semi-permeable membrane. By applying osmotic pressure in the form of tapwater mains pressure to one side of this membrane pure water molecules are forced through, leaving the larger molecules such as Nitrates and Phosphates behind. This results a very pure source of soft water and a more concentrated waste water. R.O. water can in fact be too pure for the purpose of fish keeping; therefore it is important to recondition the water using a proprietary treatment. |
