I will be moving next year. The house that we just bought has a spring water as its source. Is there anything I should do to the water when filling up my tank after the move? I plan on keeping as much of the existing water in the tank as possible...
Moving...water question
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Hello; You may be lucky with the spring water in that it will not have chemicals common to tap water. If the water is truly clean, then temperature will be the only consideration. I moved into a new place nearly two years ago. I did a new tank setup with the local tap water a couple of weeks ahead of moving my fish. As I was making several trips to move furniture, I was able to cycle the tank and my fish were among the last thing moved.
Have you had the water tested? If it is good water then you are indeed very lucky.
Have you had the water tested? If it is good water then you are indeed very lucky.
Thanks for the info (and the welcome barracuda123). I will keep the media and all in the water. I plan on moving as much with me a possible. I will test the water soon. I know that this does not determine much but the spring is sourced near a national forest...
yep check the water.. since you will be on a spring you should have it tested anyways to make sure it is safe for you to drink, usually you contact your county. It will test for more then you standard water test equipment will. I've lived on wells much of my life. and moved a few times. maintaining your BB is crucial ime when moving tanks/fish. I usually put the fish in a bucket/bin and the BB in another bucket/bin. I wouldn't move the water in the tanks... I would just make sure the fish where all acclimated well, I prefer drip acclimation on moving.... also cut the fish off from eating for 48 hours prior to the move. And do a few extra water changes the first month and monitor your perameters carefully to avoid any water quality issues that may pop up. the old saying about an ounce of prevention....
The only exception to this is if your current water and the new water is going to be VERY different. ie if the particulalry water hardness. then it may be worth brining fresh water from your old tap when you move the tanks to do a 50% mix... Useing old tank water is likely to be more detrimential then helpful.
Even on a well I like to use a water conditioner that removes/neutralizes heavy metals, though we don't have chlorine/chloromines to worry about on a well we do have lots of smaller amounts of metals in our water. which testing your waters drinkability will test for these.
The only exception to this is if your current water and the new water is going to be VERY different. ie if the particulalry water hardness. then it may be worth brining fresh water from your old tap when you move the tanks to do a 50% mix... Useing old tank water is likely to be more detrimential then helpful.
Even on a well I like to use a water conditioner that removes/neutralizes heavy metals, though we don't have chlorine/chloromines to worry about on a well we do have lots of smaller amounts of metals in our water. which testing your waters drinkability will test for these.
The spring has been used by two different families since the 1940's but I plan on having it tested.
In my town we have some of the cleanest tap water in the country. I don't even have to detox the water, and I have kept some sensitive fish. PH comes out at 7.0, with 0 chlorine, 0 of anything else. It's so nice! Hope you get as lucky as me with the spring water