in my garden i have an underground well n we have it pumped to fill our swimming pool. this got me thinking if there is no ammonia nitrite or nitrate in it would it be safe for my tank or is it likely to carry diseases in it. i know we use it for the pool but we add chlorine to it. it crystal clear
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Without any type of filtration I wouldn't.
Alot of country people in the states have wells and I've heard of some not using a dechlorinator, but not just a random well with no filtration of any kind.
Alot of country people in the states have wells and I've heard of some not using a dechlorinator, but not just a random well with no filtration of any kind.
Usually well water is hard and alkaline. Certain types of fishes can do OK in that kind of water. Should test it on some inexpensive fishes first. Good Luck.
OMG I dont meen to be rude but i am like laughing pretty darn hard right now. Really? None of you "City Folk" have never used a well before? Here in the remote place know as Traverse City (in michigan its not that small) pretty much everyone uses well water. It is true that well water is extremely hard or otherwise called "liquid rock" but that all depends on where you live. I know in places such as Hawaii the ground water is very soft due to the volcanic nature of the islands. I know for sure that anywhere near the great lakes you will get very hard water due to the limestone below. So, once again, it all depends on where you live.
As far as the disease goes, I would not know. I have never lived in an urban area but I would guess it to be clean of diseases such as e. coli for the ground would filter the water of those types of things. I do now know where you live but another thing to worry about if you live in an urban area would be pollutants in the water such as lead. If you are intending to use this water for your own drinking or for your pets I would get your water tested, which is fairly easy. They sell test kits online or you could get it tested in many places or by people such as the person who takes care of your water.
As far as the disease goes, I would not know. I have never lived in an urban area but I would guess it to be clean of diseases such as e. coli for the ground would filter the water of those types of things. I do now know where you live but another thing to worry about if you live in an urban area would be pollutants in the water such as lead. If you are intending to use this water for your own drinking or for your pets I would get your water tested, which is fairly easy. They sell test kits online or you could get it tested in many places or by people such as the person who takes care of your water.
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My parents have Well Water. I used it when living at home until I moved into my own place. The well water was very clean. I do not know of any well that is not filtered for any household purposes. Do you use this water in your house or do you get you household water from some where else? Here we use Well Houses that hold the pumps and filters for the water. I know that my parents well is 2100 feet deep. They live in a farming area and have the water tested every year for for all sorts of things like fertilizers and heavy metals. If you have any question about your water being unsafe then I would contact your local Department of Natural Resources. They will be able help get your water tested for the major contaminates like bacteria, nitrates, and heavy metals.
Is your well an old-fashioned open well or is it a drilled well? How deep is it?
Where I live everyone uses well water. I am a science teacher at our local school and as part of a school project we measured the pH and nitrate level of my students' wells. The pH varied from 6.8 to 8.0, nitrate from 0 to about 50 ppm. The main factor determining these levels was depth. We found that deeper wells were lower in nitrate and higher in pH. Deeper wells are also less likely to have bacterial contamination.
I use my well water (pH ~ 7.6, nitrate < 5 ppm) in my tank, I change out 100 gallons/day and the fish love it!
Where I live everyone uses well water. I am a science teacher at our local school and as part of a school project we measured the pH and nitrate level of my students' wells. The pH varied from 6.8 to 8.0, nitrate from 0 to about 50 ppm. The main factor determining these levels was depth. We found that deeper wells were lower in nitrate and higher in pH. Deeper wells are also less likely to have bacterial contamination.
I use my well water (pH ~ 7.6, nitrate < 5 ppm) in my tank, I change out 100 gallons/day and the fish love it!
I have used well water the past 10 years. My well has Iron and some phosphates but no nitrates. It is also pretty soft and has a ph of 7.5. Never had any problems but I probably could never do corals without RO.
The well is our only water supply I might add....I do bleach all the lines in the house twice a year but run the system clean afterwards...Nearly everyone in rural CT uses well water. Some even filter water out of the lake my street is built around.
The well is our only water supply I might add....I do bleach all the lines in the house twice a year but run the system clean afterwards...Nearly everyone in rural CT uses well water. Some even filter water out of the lake my street is built around.
Get your water tested. Make sure there aren't any harmful metals or anything in it. Some well water is amazing in quality but most is not. You never know till you get it tested.