Littletmv
New Member
Wow, so sorry, i was away on vaca.. So much info to read... I poured iron out in the 1st tank on Friday, so its cleaned up a bit. Now, i dunno..
Ok, i believe i found it. It removes, iron, sulfer and magnesium , no chemicals, something with air
My iron+sulfur filter uses Centaur Carbon a nice catalytic carbon media that is produced by a special treatment of a bituminous coal. While my system uses a bleach solution during the backwash/regen every 3 days, there are units that use air and no chlorine. I fill my 15 gallon solution tank every 35 days with a gallon of bleach and the rest water. The life of that media is supposed to be about 8 years. My system has been very effective for my sulfur and iron. My raw water iron is about 4 ppm.7 years old.. I have no clue, that is why i am confused
What is it that you "found"?Ok, i believe i found it. It removes, iron, sulfer and magnesium , no chemicals, something with air
Do you have the exact answer? By looking at the picture? Im assuming no. And that is why i posted. I am trying to find out what the heck that tank is.. Not the water quality. I just want to know the function and name of tank #1... The water quality could be different now after it was installed 7 years ago. Everyone has wells, and is pumping lots of water for sprinklers, and there appears to be more iron in our water now.From looking into the tank in question....... change the media.
Test the water .
Stop playing around with question after question and guessing.
More like $150 counting shipping if you use the suggested vendor and get the Well Check test... still not small money however.It costs $240 for our water to be tested. I cant afford that right now. Im just running off the twin tanks right now, until i get this figured out
5600, 10" tank at 10 GPM per ft2, so it is not recommended for Filox, pyrolox, Clinoptilolite, KDF, or other heavy medias. It can work with GAC and other lighter medias.
You may want to use a stronger acid for cleaning the tank. Use caution, check with your local hardware store for some of the common acids they sell.
ok, here's what found, but don't understand..[Your water is] well water; you have a lot of iron.
The plumber told you that the [first tank ] is not chlorine, or that [the purpose of the first tank is not to remove] chlorine?
[The first tank] was was packed with iron deposits, or [Your water is] packed with iron deposits
[The first tank] doesn't appear to have any media in it-- just a tube going down?
It could be that that first tank contained a media that got consumed-- such as what might be used to raise the pH (to treat acidic water). You should probably get a good water test done on your raw water. http://www.ntllabs.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NTL&Category_Code=Homeowner Well Check test would be good. Pay attention to the directions.
It it is possible that that first tank could be filled with an appropriate amount of new media that could help a lot with the iron and some other things. Look for a sticker on that controller that says GPM or DLFC. What are the numbers?
I suggest you post a photo or two... 800 pixels max and under 500 KB if you want to upload, or post a link to photos that reside elsewhere.
Mystery solved, I emptied tank.. Clearly carbon bed. Use to back wash only. I believe the twin tanks should've been installed prior to carbon tank, to prevent major iron build up!!
This is awkward, but...
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