Does seachem prime remove chloramines

[leo12345]

My water company is using chloramines instead of chlorine for a few weeks so can I add prime to my rodi water to remove any chloramines before I put it in my tank?

 

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[ScottJ]

RODI should remove chlorinates, should it not?

 

[leo12345]

RODI should remove chlorinates, should it not?

on the website for ro buddie it says it doesn’t remove chloramines

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

My water company is using chloramines instead of chlorine for a few weeks so can I add prime to my rodi water to remove any chloramines before I put it in my tank?

No. Chloramines are chlorine plus ammonia. Prime and other "water conditioners" remove chlorine; so if you have chloramines, you will be left with (potentially toxic levels of) ammonia* in your water.

RODI water is far superior to treated tap water; even distilled water from the grocery store is better than tap...

*And no, despite what Prime claims, it will not effectively remove ammonia.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

on the website for ro buddie it says it doesn’t remove chloramines

The ro buddie is a pump, not a filter. If you have the appropriate filter media to remove chloramines, then your RODI will remove them.

I was thinking of the booster pump. If the RO buddie does not have the correct filter media, it won't remove everything that other RODI units can remove. Depending on your tap water quality, a RODI unit with separate canisters for various media is preferable.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

The ro buddie is a pump, not a filter. If you have the appropriate filter media to remove chloramines, then your RODI will remove them.

I was thinking of the booster pump. If the RO buddie does not have the correct filter media, it won't remove everything that other RODI units can remove. Depending on your tap water quality, a RODI unit with separate canisters for various media is preferable.

And RO buddie is not an RODI - there's no DI!

 

[leo12345]

And RO buddie is not an RODI - there's no DI!

They just call it a ro buddie but it comes with a DI cartridge depending on which one you get.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

It is carbon that removes chloramines, but not every carbon block can do this or do it efficiently, look at a few and you will see the price difference. I have high chloramines and run 3 carbon blocks 2 specifically for chloramines. There's not much you can do with dumping something in tap water, it needs to be rigorously filtered.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pentek-chlorplus-carbon-block-chloramines-removal.html

 

[ScottJ]

on the website for ro buddie it says it doesn’t remove chloramines

just curious, where do you see that?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

just curious, where do you see that?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

just curious, where do you see that?

That whole system cost almost as much as one carbon block, I'd say it doesn't do much of anything..

 

[vetteguy53081]

My water company is using chloramines instead of chlorine for a few weeks so can I add prime to my rodi water to remove any chloramines before I put it in my tank?

Im not keen on website info states but from what I see- It does address chlorine and chloramines, a little bit on nitrate and does not remove ammonia but rather bind it but eventually ammonia has to go somewhere

 

[leo12345]

It is carbon that removes chloramines, but not every carbon block can do this or do it efficiently, look at a few and you will see the price difference. I have high chloramines and run 3 carbon blocks 2 specifically for chloramines. There's not much you can do with dumping something in tap water, it needs to be rigorously filtered.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pentek-chlorplus-carbon-block-chloramines-removal.html

How do I test how much chlorine and chloramines are in my water?

 

[spsick]

It is carbon that removes chloramines, but not every carbon block can do this or do it efficiently, look at a few and you will see the price difference. I have high chloramines and run 3 carbon blocks 2 specifically for chloramines. There's not much you can do with dumping something in tap water, it needs to be rigorously filtered.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pentek-chlorplus-carbon-block-chloramines-removal.html

This man(mike) does NOT play when it comes to pure water.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

How do I test how much chlorine and chloramines are in my water?

Hannah makes a checker for it.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

This man(mike) does NOT play when it comes to pure water.

If you had our water you wouldn't either, we don't drink the tap water.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

How do I test how much chlorine and chloramines are in my water?

https://www.hannainst.com/hi711-tot...p9OTKZMW1PhQEAT6Vf7UiWmShgqVKPvoaAskBEALw_wcB

 

[leo12345]

It is carbon that removes chloramines, but not every carbon block can do this or do it efficiently, look at a few and you will see the price difference. I have high chloramines and run 3 carbon blocks 2 specifically for chloramines. There's not much you can do with dumping something in tap water, it needs to be rigorously filtered.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pentek-chlorplus-carbon-block-chloramines-removal.html

So since since chloramines are is just chlorine and ammonia does that mean that the rodi buddie will remove the chlorine but the ammonia will stay?

 

[vetteguy53081]

How do I test how much chlorine and chloramines are in my water?

While there are test kits for it, can be alleviated with use of RODI water