what to do about sulfer water?

[Diskboy12]

So the house I'm setting up my next tank (my gf house) has really bad sulfer water. Is there something to add to the water to get rid of the sulfer? Or will I have to buy distilled for my wc? Ill be doing 5 gallon wc a week.

Basically what should I do about this?

 

[jsodwi]

What is it the sulfer smell? If it comes from the hot water, there are hard minerals and there is an anode rod in the hot water heater that needs to be replaced. If its coming from the cold, put a central water filter on the house with carbon and sediment filter and change it every 90 days

 

[Diskboy12]

It doesn't matter what the waters on, hot or cold it still reaks like rotten eggs.

 

[Wiggles92]

It doesn't matter what the waters on, hot or cold it still reaks like rotten eggs.

Then you'll want the carbon and sediment filter that jsodwi mentioned.

 

[Diskboy12]

Maybe ill just see about an ro/di unit

 

[Sarmo]

RODI is great but then you'll have to add stuff back in. What i don't know.......

 

[Diskboy12]

It's just that it's my gf's parents house and I don't want to be messing with all their water stuff. I may have to just steal water from my house and heat it for wcs....

 

[Owain4]

Simple bro, I used to work for a Purified water company in Canada, I would recommend looking into a small RO system. Other choices etc; Water softener and ozone im not sure would work to well since im unsure that they actually remove the sulfur particles but will also remove other particles that could make it stink. You can get small RO systems that attach to the water supply, Honestly what i would try would be using a Large tank or bucket, that can hold alot of water, maybe a 50gallon tupperware, and over filter it and just use carbon in the filter, that will remove the sulfur making the water able to be used in water changes. I would imagine that the water might not actually be that bad on your fish aslong as you add water treatment chemical before you add it to your aquarium.


EDIT: If your water is okay to use for the aquarium and it doesnt harm your fish, if you want to remove the smell, you would have to overfilter the water and use carbon.

 

[joe jaskot]

Someone asked Sea Chem about sulfur in their water. This was Sea Chem's response: Below is the response from Seachem:

Hello Byron,
Thanks for the question. The presence of hydrogen sulfide
(not elemental sulfur) in groundwater is common. Prime
will not reduce this in the water. There are a few options
for treatment of hydrogen sulfide. One option is to use a
filtration system to remove it. We make a Reverse Osmosis
unit along with a Carbon KDF filter which will remove
Hydrogen Sulfide from the water. Here is a link to these
products for further review:

http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Pinnacle.html
http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/ROCartridges.html

Chlorination of the water using bleach is also an option
for removing hydrogen sulfide. The bleach will oxidize the
hydrogen sulfide and produce solid elemental sulfur.
However, the particulate should then be removed by passing
the water through an activated carbon filter.
An additional option would be to run the water through
Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO) media which is marketed as a
phosphate remover in the aquarium industry. These will
also convert the hydrogen sulfide to solid elemental
sulfur.
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[Diskboy12]

Thanks guys. I think I will do this, get a fuacet adabtable small RO unit and run the water through that to a 10 gallon with a heater and stricly carbon filter and let that go for a few days, then do the wc, and repeat the first steps. Sound okay?