chloramine...

[Oscarman]

From what I have read, some of these aquarium solutions only eliminate the chlorine and leave the ammonia behind......subsequent filtering is required to elinimate the ammonia.

Other solutions look after the chlorine and convert the ammonia to hamless ammonium.

[Ross]

I use a Culligen, but it is NOT a brand issue. Instead it is related to how your RO unit is serviced (either by you or another). Chloromimis are not necesessarily removed by a water treatment unit unless it states they are removed.

[Lagoon]

It's true Dave, Far more brands on the market that process chlorines eliminators much better then chloramines, even though they claim to remove the second chemical, nowdays they claim to break the bond -- at least this is more of an honest claim.
The 2 products that come to mind are again, prime and amquel.

Hi there Ross, My RO unit is a three stage nothing too fancy -- 1 white prefilter, 1 carbon block and of course the membrane. Even renewing the filters have not work for me, when I did have this dreadful junk in my system. It drove me NUTS!
I have moved since and don't have to deal with it anymore. I didn't know at the time that adding extra carbon filters would have helped a great deal.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Lagoon

Hi there Ross, My RO unit is a three stage nothing too fancy -- 1 white prefilter, 1 carbon block and of course the membrane. Even renewing the filters have not work for me, when I did have this dreadful junk in my system. It drove me NUTS!
I have moved since and don't have to deal with it anymore. I didn't know at the time that adding extra carbon filters would have helped a great deal.

Gloria, Mine has three filter cartridges ahead of the membrane, but I don't have chloramimes to deal with either. As I understand it, the reason some communities may use chloramimes is due to long storage of the treated water. I checked with our water department to be sure they were not using it. If I knew I had chloromimes in the water I would revert to distilled water.