Alrighty, I have chemicals for PH, KH, and GH. I also have test vials and liquids. I will be testing in the near future for the water out the tap and what's in the tank currently.
I did finally get a call out to the water district and also receive a report about water composition. Some of it may be different as I now know that because the house was unused and unoccupied for such a long period of time, there is likely chemical build up in the pipes. Thus, the blue dust. I was told it was likely a large amount of chlorine built up. So... although I overdose water conditioner, I had no idea that what I was testing on top of my fill bucket was unrelated to what was settling at the bottom. Erego, I probably wrecked my weaker fish with chlorine, other contaminants, and less than preferrable ph. Lesson learned: Fill my spare drum full of water from walmart and repeat as necessary to avoid losing fish until the tap contaminants are under control.
I did finally get a call out to the water district and also receive a report about water composition. Some of it may be different as I now know that because the house was unused and unoccupied for such a long period of time, there is likely chemical build up in the pipes. Thus, the blue dust. I was told it was likely a large amount of chlorine built up. So... although I overdose water conditioner, I had no idea that what I was testing on top of my fill bucket was unrelated to what was settling at the bottom. Erego, I probably wrecked my weaker fish with chlorine, other contaminants, and less than preferrable ph. Lesson learned: Fill my spare drum full of water from walmart and repeat as necessary to avoid losing fish until the tap contaminants are under control.
