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Hi. We have a house in a rural area of NM with a well and bad water. We have, in this order, for the whole house, a Vortech backflushing tank with Filox media (abt. 11 yrs old), a Big Blue sediment filter, and then a Viqua D4+ UV purifier, with a flow reducer and solenoid. Last year we were...

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Hold everything. We just found the receipt, and it was NOT a Vortech tank, but a regular tank. (The receipt even mentions gravel, which there wouldn't be with a Vortech.) So does this mean something has gone wrong with the riser?

And if we have to replace the tank, should we get new media? I think the Filox is supposed to last nearly forever, right?

That's terrible news. A web search suggests the tank has a 10-year warranty (it's 6 years old). Any idea whether a crack would be covered? The UV is a Viqua UVMax D4+. The sensor keeps going off. Not sure if it's related. Wouldn't the sediment filter (Big Blue with dual gradient 50-5...

We have a 6-year-old Filox iron filter with a Fleck 2510 control. I believe the tank is a Vortech. We have a sediment filter installed after the iron filter, and for the first time, there are some granules in it that I assume are the Filox media leaking out into the pipe. What could cause...