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Originally Posted by smokinreefer
steve, is there a certain color membrane i should be looking for?
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no but you should buy a proper Dow filmtec. they are the industry leaders in membranes and very high quality. it will say Dow filmtec on it.
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Originally Posted by smokinreefer
just curious, what filter do you guys replace most often? i find that my carbon is what gets replaced most, whether it is depleted i dunno, but it clogs the fastest.
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it should be your sediment filter, if your carbon filter is plugging up first then you are not running a low enough micron sediment filter.
I run a 5 micron, then a 1 micron, then carbon (I run two carbon due to the volume of water I am pushing through) the reason for the 5 micron filter is to catch the free algae in the water and prevent it from plugging the 1 micron filter.
also for you people buying pre filters make sure they are 1 micron absolute, not 1 micron nominal. the latter is an average for the filter and they let particles bigger than 1 micron through and this could be plugging up carbon filters early.
Steve
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