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Old 04-12-2008, 09:08 AM   #21
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Ya I've tried a few things with my tap water. Such as boiling it, letting it sit over night. But my biggest problem is time. Between work and school it's sometimes difficult for me to be able to take time to do that stuff. After searching on here and talking to the guy at the grow store, I think I'm going to try premixing my solution and placing a air stone in it and letting it sit over night. The next step is buying a TDS/PH pen. Anyone have some recomendations on those?
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Gabba.... adding a new routine to an already established routine.
But, you can do it.
It's always better to water with room temperature water so having gallon jugs of water sitting around is common.

Good luck.

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Old 04-12-2008, 05:24 PM   #23
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Ya I've tried a few things with my tap water. Such as boiling it, letting it sit over night. But my biggest problem is time. Between work and school it's sometimes difficult for me to be able to take time to do that stuff. After searching on here and talking to the guy at the grow store, I think I'm going to try premixing my solution and placing a air stone in it and letting it sit over night. The next step is buying a TDS/PH pen. Anyone have some recomendations on those?
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These seem popular.
Oakton meters for pH, conductivity, TDS, ORP, DO, temperature, and humidity measurement
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We spent some time in Kingsland, GA 2 years ago, water was the worst ever. It smelled so strongly of sulphur it would leave all your clothes smelling like it after washing them. Bottled water was big down there needless to say. It took a good two or three washings once we got back home to get rid of the smell. Sounds like RO or bottled is in your future as well.
Does RO take out hydrogen sulfide?
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:58 PM   #25
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Does RO take out hydrogen sulfide?
I asked hubby this question (as he used to be a chemical engineer) and he said (1) hydrogen sulfide is a gas (a deadly one at that) and (2) how in the hell would this get in the water?
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Small amounts of H2S can be removed from water with an activated charcoal filter. It is usually not recommended to rely on the RO filter to remove it because it has a tendancy to create a gel like coating on the RO membrane shortening its useful life dramatically.


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Sulfur-reducing bacteria, which use sulfur as an energy source, are the primary producers of large quantities of hydrogen sulfide. These bacteria chemically change natural sulfates in water to hydrogen sulfide. Sulfur-reducing bacteria live in oxygen-deficient environments such as deep wells, plumbing systems, water softeners and water heaters. These bacteria usually flourish on the hot water side of a water distribution system.
Hydrogen sulfide gas also occurs naturally in some groundwater. It is formed from decomposing underground deposits of organic matter such as decaying plant material. It is found in deep or shallow wells and also can enter surface water through springs, although it quickly escapes to the atmosphere. Hydrogen sulfide often is present in wells drilled in shale or sandstone, or near coal or peat deposits or oil fields.
Occasionally, a hot water heater is a source of hydrogen sulfide odor. The magnesium corrosion control rod present in many hot water heaters can chemically reduce naturally occurring sulfates to hydrogen sulfide.
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Between work and school it's sometimes difficult for me to be able to take time to do that stuff
I hear that! I'll get really anxious during the week when I start to feel like the grow cabinet has been set to autopilot due to the lethargy that sets in after a day's laborin'. Just another reason to keep my methods cheap and easy: I cool down my tap water by mixing it with bottled, although your water sounds like it might just be way too bad for that. I haven't had experience using just bottled water, but i water down my cal-loaded tap water with distilled water (50/50 tap/distilled), 60 cents/gal and it gets me to 40ppm pH7.0
Also just curious (as I am certainly not a chemist), is hydrogen sulphide the most commonly occurring sulphur compound in water supplies or could it be something else with sulphur in it?
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The reference above to boiling your water to remove chlorine got me thinking...

I have hard tap water as well, & I know when I boil my water I'm left with a lot of mineral deposits that fall out of solution and/or are left on the pot.

I don't have a TDS/EC meter to confirm this, but I'm thinking boiling your water a while before use would help lower EC as well as remove chlorine.

Maybe this in combination with mixing the result w/ 25c R/O water would leave you with an acceptable solution that was cost effective.
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I don't think boiling your water is necessary.
I think if you just let the water sit out at room temp for 24 hours the chlorine will be gone and you'll have good water to use.

Boiling water takes the good stuff out.

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I don't think boiling your water is necessary.
I think if you just let the water sit out at room temp for 24 hours the chlorine will be gone and you'll have good water to use.

Boiling water takes the good stuff out.

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Hey OD
Would the time to distill (24hrs) change depending on the amount of water? So to distill 1G or 15G 24hrs is all thats needed? Just curious
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