Question on Relocating Rays

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Darwin

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Shelby Township, Michigan
Any insight to keeping rays on well water? I don’t want to find out the hard way.

400 gal with drip system
Not many fish
-24” Black Arowana
-10” NTT Datnoid
-13” Leopoldi (also moving a motoro in another tank)

I am relocating. Not far 100miles, so I can plan for the physical move with back-up tanks. More of a concern is water differences for the Leopoldi - from city water supply (Detroit) to a well system (Lansing).

- The house has a water softener, but I am concerned if the additives may be harmful.
- How consistent are the softeners? Trying to set up a stable system.
- My thought is to tap into the water before the softener, run it through Carbon and drip it into the tank.

The water analysis of the well did not include hardness or PH, just nitrate 0ppm. I will check these to better size up the differences, but appreciate any advice.

Thanks
 
well I had moved from a well water home to a city water home when I had just two rays. We were on the same set up kinda like you are talking about.
I would first test the well water yourself and see what it reads. If the well water is in good range, then test to see what it reads going thru the softener. The Softener is consistant up to a point. Problem is, most I have seen around here require tablets to be placed in them from time to time for the water to run thru. When those tablets start braking down over time, of course the water will not be the same as when the tablets are new.
If the softener reads ok, just keep an eye on the reading before you do an water changes or top offs to make sure the water is staying within the same range as what you have put in the tank. If the well water is good, then Id say yes, bypass before the softener and use that. Most well water I have found are ok, but then again, it depends on your area and what is in your ground area...
I would say you would be ok as long as you do the tests and first make sure the water before the softener or after it is ok. The tablets in the softener are not harmful to you, so I wouldnt think they would be to the rays. Mine were fine and had no problems. Only issue I ever had was after I moved to the city.. Our water is harder here than was at the farm.
Hope this helps some.. testing of course as you know is the key. then just adjust what you have to to get it were you want it to be.
 
hey i grew up in shelby lol, im in sterling hts now

too bad u are moving...

rays will adjust pretty easily.... i wouldnt worry too much
 
I'm on well water with Leo's...I use 100% RO with great results. I have crushed coral in mesh bags in the sump and in the holding vats. ph 6.5, soft water, and very happy rays and discus. I'm more concerned about moving to an area with city water!
 
Depending on the type of water softener as it might add to much salt to your system if you tap in after it. I would tap in before and add a sediment and then carbon filter to your drip system.
Maybe start bringing over some water from the new house and doing small water changes with that before the move or vice versa whichever will work.
 
A fun tidbit is that water softeners don't run your drinking water through the salt tablets.

The salt tablets in the brine tank are to rinse the tiny resin balls (sometimes called recharging the resin) that actually do the softening. This happens at 4am so you are not without softened water during waking hours. The used brine is pumped down the drain.

Your drinking water flows through the resin balls, not the salt tablets.


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