Well water

[dabandit]

Ok,just moved to a farm on a well. The water is brownish,but it tests at 0nitrate,0nitrite and 0phosphate am I safe to use this in my tank without running it through an ro/di I mean a well is mother natures biological filter is it not? I have a 4 stage ro/di unit but its down at the moment and my fish desperatelly need to get back into my big tank currentlly I have a blonde naso,mandarin,2 clowns orange and black ocelaris and a niger trigger sharing my 10g nano lol

[rocketlily]

We're also on brownish well water. Lots of iron and sodium. Never really know what else is in the well water. I would never use it on any of my tanks.

[dabandit]

ahh iron. Thank you. Living on a farm is like visiting mexico,its beautiful but dont drink the water lol

[brizzo]

Yeah you can never be too sure of the metal, and heavy metal content of well water. You may even want to get it professionally tested for your own health. (Bacterial infections in wells are more common than you might think)

[rocketlily]

We never drink or cook with well water. Only for laundry (white's will yellow fast), showers, toilets and dishes. Water can change overnight depending on what's happening a few miles away. Not worth taking the chance with your health. We had alot of stomach problems with the kids until we finally figured out it was the water.

[hillbillyreefer]

Mine sounds similar to yours. I wouldn't use it in a salt tank without running it through the ro system. I have used my tap water in my freshie tanks without any trouble, but never tried it in my salt tanks.

[dabandit]

All the water coming into our house passes through a massive ro/di then is stored in a pressurised holding tank,the system is currentlly down at the moment and the supply water is bypassing the ro/di. Problem is the pump guy wont be out for a week and my fish are starting to look very unhappy.
I'll have to go buy some bottles for now gets kind of pricey when your filling a 100gal system lol 20 5g bottles at 11$ each.

[rocketlily]

Check around. We have 2 retail water outlets here that sell it for $2.50 per 5 gal if you have your own containers and you buy a card for 25 at a time.

[dabandit]

Thats the thing,I live waaay out in the country and only own 1 bottle,I believe the 10$ is just the deposit on the bottles. I am too far out to try it with just one bottle it would be 20 1hr drives lol

[rocketlily]

30 minute drive for us to the city. Currently stocking 7 bottles.