I guess it was never meant to be?

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koi9 said:
just curious, why does it matter if it was in the rain?
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After it rains in Hawaii, the water quality (from tap) changes dramatically.
Doing a water change before or after a rain storm on the Rock is your best bet. But if you got a vat of cured water, then all would be good. That is what I did when I was on the rock.

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koi9 said:
just curious, why does it matter if it was in the rain?
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Also, bass grow freely in the lakes and rivers in Hawaii. Extra ph from them mountain soil can effect a wild bass.


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koi9 said:
just curious, why does it matter if it was in the rain?
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Some municipalities dump extra chlorine/chloramine into the water supply after a big rain because the extra influx of water from the rain overwhelms their filtration processes. They hope the extra chlorine kills anything that gets past the filtration.
This usually happens in older or poorly designed water processing plants, or where the water demands of the city/town have out-grown the wastewater treatment plant.

I saw an episode of "Modern Marvels" that was about waste water processing. They talked about this and how there was an incident years back where the chlorine they dumped after a big rain was unable to kill off the cryptosporidium, and this parasite caused several deaths of the sick and elderly that were more susceptible to the parasite. I forget what city this happened in, and I probably spelled the name of the parasite wrong.

Long story short: Test for chorine & chloramine before a big water change!

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haynchinook334 said:
After it rains in Hawaii, the water quality (from tap) changes dramatically.
Doing a water change before or after a rain storm on the Rock is your best bet. But if you got a vat of cured water, then all would be good. That is what I did when I was on the rock.

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oooh I see. I get it, thank you for the explanation.
 
Ozkar said:
Some municipalities dump extra chlorine/chloramine into the water supply after a big rain because the extra influx of water from the rain overwhelms their filtration processes. They hope the extra chlorine kills anything that gets past the filtration.
This usually happens in older or poorly designed water processing plants, or where the water demands of the city/town have out-grown the wastewater treatment plant.

I saw an episode of "Modern Marvels" that was about waste water processing. They talked about this and how there was an incident years back where the chlorine they dumped after a big rain was unable to kill off the cryptosporidium, and this parasite caused several deaths of the sick and elderly that were more susceptible to the parasite. I forget what city this happened in, and I probably spelled the name of the parasite wrong.

Long story short: Test for chorine & chloramine before a big water change!

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Thank you too. That story is crasy, it sounds like sci-fi.
 
Well, they're all dead now. I've decided to hold off from getting anymore fish until I make a water vat to cycle before doing water changes. Until then, I'll be working on my pond for my arowana. Just to keep my spirits up.


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