minimalist
New member
Title says it all -- I'm wondering if evaporated water brings nutrients out with it.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6507083#post6507083 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by j0tca
If it were why do any other filters exist why don't we always evaporate instead of RO/DIing? However, as a nurient export, it's minimal.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6507844#post6507844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by j0tca
Hmm,
I'm not in the mood to get into a debate. Revance, and Weatherman.
Evaporation does indeed carry impurities with it, at a minimal level. I guess you guys havn't ever smelled the salt by the sea? How about your kitchen sink if you've ever left it full. Impurites that are soluble in water evaporate as well as water. This is a simple question of vapour pressures for chemical impurites (being that they evaporate with the water) and surfactant attraction (same reason your skimmer works) for particles that get brought up with the water vapour. Rest assured, if you collected evaporated tank water, it wouldn't tase very fresh.
The point is moot, we all agree that evaporation is not a viable means of nutrient export and evaporating 2 cups of water is not the same as removing 2 cups of water. But it probably is the same as removing 1/1000th of a cup.