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Old 01-07-2007, 03:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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been trying to figure out what the deal is with reverse osmosis. from what i have found so far they are just a different kinda pump. Am I close? what is the benifit to this vs a regular pump?

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Reverse osmosis (in a small nutshell) basically means the purification of water by pushing same through a filtering process whereby undesirable elements in the water are removed and discarded.

I'm thinking that your question may relate to the "desalination" process by reverse osmosis which in essence is the removal of salt from sea water for drinking purposes. This is where a "high pressure" pump is needed to push water through the membrane even as the membrane would reject the passage of salt through it. So without the high pressure pump the salt water would have a hard time passing through the membrane filter.


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RO filters can be a huge help to maintaining a reef aquarium and not an algae bowl. You can get a T.D.S. meter and test your water supply. If it's over 50ppm then I would seriously consider getting an RO filter. Check out 3reef sponsor Air Water & Ice as people here seem to really like their filters and they have great deals.


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you can know more about RO below:

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the site has a lot of information about water filter and its purifcation.

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