My water is killing my fish. I'm done, I've had it. My ph is way to high - I can't even read the shade of purple it is. My village water also has .50 ammonia from the tap.
It just isn't fair to my fishes. I am finally going to cave and fill only with Ice Mountain drinking water from here on out. It's going to cost me around $50.00 a month to change out just under 1/2 the water in each of my tanks every month from here out with the Ice Mountain. That is 50 gallons. I have to do it slowly to start because it'll be a big change for the fishes I have had for a while - but in the long run, I think less new fish will DIE!
I have thought about a RO system? But with how hard my water is, would it really soften it enough? And they are very expensive too... One that I was looking at for the whole house would cost me $283.00 a month over 12 months. Over a couple more years it would come out cheaper. BUT I think I'm still gambling with quality...??
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? And if the drinking water parameters are spot on (great ph, no ammonia, trites or trates), should I be supplement with fishey minerals? I mean if the delivery water is good enough for us to drink, wouldn't it be good enough for fishes? HA HA! Wait! My village says our water is good enough to drink...
{{SIGH}}
Janelle
It just isn't fair to my fishes. I am finally going to cave and fill only with Ice Mountain drinking water from here on out. It's going to cost me around $50.00 a month to change out just under 1/2 the water in each of my tanks every month from here out with the Ice Mountain. That is 50 gallons. I have to do it slowly to start because it'll be a big change for the fishes I have had for a while - but in the long run, I think less new fish will DIE!
I have thought about a RO system? But with how hard my water is, would it really soften it enough? And they are very expensive too... One that I was looking at for the whole house would cost me $283.00 a month over 12 months. Over a couple more years it would come out cheaper. BUT I think I'm still gambling with quality...??
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? And if the drinking water parameters are spot on (great ph, no ammonia, trites or trates), should I be supplement with fishey minerals? I mean if the delivery water is good enough for us to drink, wouldn't it be good enough for fishes? HA HA! Wait! My village says our water is good enough to drink...
{{SIGH}}
Janelle