you would get very little BB.puffcrusader696;2096216; said:
taking water from a cycled 150g into a 10g would not cycle the 10
lake water in tank
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taking water from a cycled 150g into a 10g would not cycle the 10
bluehairman;2096220; said:
im not saying it would. this is not like normal fishtanks u people try to compare it to. this glacier made lake has been developing its bacteria since the last ice age. when i filled up a bucket of water with some gravel to take a fish home (i bought it from Jhutch in Dundee) with no filter the rocks were covered with BB the next morning. and i didnt to anything to the lake water and the rocks were completely new, never used. just lake water and rocks straight from the bag
im guessing you have microscopes as eyes and you saw the bacteria wiggling around..puffcrusader696;2096257; said:
it doens't matter how long the the lake has been producing bacteria, i doubt you would get enough bb to cycle a tank overnight.
Microscope eyes that can see bacteria, stain them and also them identify them as a certain species versus another for that matter...
I also find it unlikely that you can drink the water straight up. It's probably full of parasites and bacteria. Even the cleanest of spring waters in the highest mountains need to be treated (heat, chlorine etc) by something other than a particle filter. Think of it like this, a beaver or a bird pooping in the lake would already introduce bacteria/pathogens that can cause severe intestinal problems (Giardia or the flu)
I also find it unlikely that you can drink the water straight up. It's probably full of parasites and bacteria. Even the cleanest of spring waters in the highest mountains need to be treated (heat, chlorine etc) by something other than a particle filter. Think of it like this, a beaver or a bird pooping in the lake would already introduce bacteria/pathogens that can cause severe intestinal problems (Giardia or the flu)
puffcrusader696;2095908; said:
Healthy fish in a lake, dosn't mean there are no diseases. The water quality of the lake would be just about impossible to recreate in the aquarium being a much smaller area that pollutes quicky in comparison. Better water quality means fish are under less stress and so can fight off or live with disease and parasites.
Also the lake would have predators that take the easier meal, sick fish.
I wouldn't do it.
Also, as a general rule, try and avoid drinking (or even swimming) in lake water. You run the risk of contracting something called wheels disease. Spread by rat urine and lives in fresh water.
No benefit at all from using lake water, no good bacteria, plenty of parasites, algae etc.
In blighty, there was a trend for collecting soft rain water (before it could contact the ground and go through the strata). Put a tarp out in your back yard cut a whole in the middle, pin it out and put into a bucket. Will work like a super sized funnel, or even go up to your roof, scrub it down, clean the gutters and collect the rain run off.
ALOT of work, but if your not wanting to be wasting water (a fair point nowadays) then its a lot better then lake water, its all natural, its pretty clean (its been frozen in the clouds) and its incrediblly soft
Great idea for those little ten gallon tanks with a few rare softies in them.
Craggy
Also, as a general rule, try and avoid drinking (or even swimming) in lake water. You run the risk of contracting something called wheels disease. Spread by rat urine and lives in fresh water.
No benefit at all from using lake water, no good bacteria, plenty of parasites, algae etc.
In blighty, there was a trend for collecting soft rain water (before it could contact the ground and go through the strata). Put a tarp out in your back yard cut a whole in the middle, pin it out and put into a bucket. Will work like a super sized funnel, or even go up to your roof, scrub it down, clean the gutters and collect the rain run off.
ALOT of work, but if your not wanting to be wasting water (a fair point nowadays) then its a lot better then lake water, its all natural, its pretty clean (its been frozen in the clouds) and its incrediblly soft
Great idea for those little ten gallon tanks with a few rare softies in them.
Craggy
I agree with oscarluvr regarding the treatment of the water unless you have the pump in the lake & it runs directly into your house.
Around here a lot of people have private ponds (1 acre +) that use that water for private household use. But they also have some type of disinfection system that pretreats the water usually via chlorination with a holding tank to allow time for the water treatment to work.
How do you physically get the water to your house faucets?
Around here a lot of people have private ponds (1 acre +) that use that water for private household use. But they also have some type of disinfection system that pretreats the water usually via chlorination with a holding tank to allow time for the water treatment to work.
How do you physically get the water to your house faucets?
oscarluvr;2096994; said:
you have no idea. we are too far away from any water system to hook up to it. everyone along the lake gets their water straight from the lake. the pipe goes out a few hundred feet and gets the water. it goes through a filter that just gets particles out of it. everyone on the lake has swam and drank the water their whole life and no one has ever gotten sick.
deeda;2097154; said:
yes we do have a pump conected to the water line in the lake i mentioned in my last post. its pumped up the bank (a steep cliff like hill that we have to go down to get to the lake) and into our house. it goes through a filter right after the pump and is not treated. its perfectly safe.
