Whats not true? That coal burning plants in the mid atalantic states don't cause acid rain in Canada? ( great countrty btw) If its not then Canada should drop their lawsuits agaisnt NY, WV and other states in the mid atlantic. I hope they don"t , creates more work for me building scrubbers at the plants.
Water change with rainwater
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fishnutham said:
bufferers dont help much if the water has no mineral content, such as rainwater(assuming its collected from a pure location)
the best thing to do is ad some minerals to the water, first Kent RO right is a good product for this situation.
having water with no mineral and high pH is an unatural state of water
the same goes with hard water with a low pH
i have used rain water for years i have 3 water buts down the side of my house and use it all the time. i do use 50/50 mix of tap water to rain with some tap safe in it for my cichlids as they like a harder water. In the UK, the majority of the population lives in areas with hard, alkaline tapwater.In tap water there is all kinds of chemicals : chlorine or chloramine, fluoride, copper.Rain water is normaly a soft water. certain species will not even consider spawning unless the water chemistry is right. and rain water can sort this out. If in doubt you can test your rain water i have and found nitrite = 0 PPM and a pH of 6.5
Nice to read a lot of opinions and know what other fishkeepers think.
I do live in a industrialised part of the Netherlands, so i'm not sure to start using rainwater. The water from the tap is a bit hard here. I would like to get my water a bit less hard.
I keep cichlids from Central and South-amerika.
I add chemicals when i change water (I add Easylife, i don't know if that brand is known in other parts of the world).
Thanks.
I do live in a industrialised part of the Netherlands, so i'm not sure to start using rainwater. The water from the tap is a bit hard here. I would like to get my water a bit less hard.
I keep cichlids from Central and South-amerika.
I add chemicals when i change water (I add Easylife, i don't know if that brand is known in other parts of the world).
Thanks.
stotty said:
Howdy,
The pollutants I refer to require more sophisticated chemical analysis (HPLC or GC) than the general hobbyist has access to.
If you want to reduce hardness, read up here:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9216
Basically, RO is your best bet.
HarleyK
HarleyK said:
but what about all of the treatments that cities and towns make to treat our tap water?
just curious what everybody thinks about that.
Benfica540 said:but what about all of the treatments that cities and towns make to treat our tap water?
just curious what everybody thinks about that.
Many water supplies are now polluted with nitrates, heavy metals, pesticides, chlorinated hydrocarbons, etc... Even if your water is not polluted now, you have no way of knowing if it will be next week, next month or next year. Ok to us but not to your fish.............
JAGUARCICHLID said:
i'm aware of the pollunts coming up north but from your post i thought you were refering to the local polutants which we have started a good job of fixing and the crap that does drift are way can be easly filtered out with a micron filter and thx for the kudos on canada!!
DeLgAdO said:
i agree i stand corrected but i still think adding a buffer with kent ro is a good idea i use it sometimes good products..
