My System No Dechlorinator

[itiwhetu]

Nevermind. Do what works for you and I will do the same. I'm off this thread. Have a nice day.

This thread bugs you, you keep coming back

 

[itiwhetu]

This is my Thread so I'm going to say it.
If you have hard Alkaline water fine, keep African Cichlids
If you have soft acid water fine, Keep Tetras.
But please don't try to mix these up, don't try to keep fish outside of their comfort zone. Do your research.
If you have a water that is so full of stuff that you won't drink it. Please don't expect your fish to live in it. Find another water source, or don't keep fish. Use your imagination. Collect rain water, collect water from a lake or stream, find a pure water source. Ask a farmer if you can have a few gallons of his tank water for a dozen beers. But don't put your fish in something that you won't drink.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

But don't put your fish in something that you won't drink.

Well I don't.

Moved here almost 14 years ago, restarted fishkeeping almost 8 years ago....tapwater is bad (smells like a swimming pool and tastes foul and is loaded with phosphates too).....so have used bottled water ever since the aquariums were set up. As I said in my own post in this thread, I refuse to drink it so am not going to force the fish to swim in it.

Not everyone has the financial resources to buy bottled water in bulk...or anywhere to store it....fortunately I can do both.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I'm fortunate in that wherever I've lived, the water has been suitable for fish.
Not every fish, mind...and I've only kept fish that could live in my conditioned (chlorine and heavy-metal free) water from the tap.
If I had to depend upon buying bottles of water, I'd find another hobby.

 

[itiwhetu]

I'm fortunate in that wherever I've lived, the water has been suitable for fish.
Not every fish, mind...and I've only kept fish that could live in my conditioned (chlorine and heavy-metal free) water from the tap.
If I had to depend upon buying bottles of water, I'd find another hobby.

Thank you, some body at long last gets my point. I almost thought the brick wall was to thick.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

I'm fortunate in that wherever I've lived, the water has been suitable for fish.
Not every fish, mind...and I've only kept fish that could live in my conditioned (chlorine and heavy-metal free) water from the tap.
If I had to depend upon buying bottles of water, I'd find another hobby.

I use the bottled water too....so its not just a potentially expensive pastime use only. When buying in bulk it gets cheaper as well. The shed gets used to store the water (its brick built and insulated) and on a Sunday I move enough water into the bathroom ready for water change day on the Thursday so that the water gets to room temperature in time to use it. Each aquarium has its own "label" water so there is never any imbalances that could cause health issues with the fish.

The fish are spoilt brats really....not many fish get to swim in Evian, Volvic, Buxton and Highland Spring

 

[itiwhetu]

I use the bottled water too....so its not just a potentially expensive pastime use only. When buying in bulk it gets cheaper as well. The shed gets used to store the water (its brick built and insulated) and on a Sunday I move enough water into the bathroom ready for water change day on the Thursday so that the water gets to room temperature in time to use it. Each aquarium has its own "label" water so there is never any imbalances that could cause health issues with the fish.

The fish are spoilt brats really....not many fish get to swim in Evian, Volvic, Buxton and Highland Spring

You are a winner, thank goodness we have a couple of people who sort of get it. I was starting to wonder.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I use the bottled water too....so its not just a potentially expensive pastime use only. When buying in bulk it gets cheaper as well. The shed gets used to store the water (its brick built and insulated) and on a Sunday I move enough water into the bathroom ready for water change day on the Thursday so that the water gets to room temperature in time to use it. Each aquarium has its own "label" water so there is never any imbalances that could cause health issues with the fish.

The fish are spoilt brats really....not many fish get to swim in Evian, Volvic, Buxton and Highland Spring

Thinking about it, I currently have a very large, open-to-the-elements barrel, collecting rainwater from the roofs of two sheds. No shortage of rainwater, in my neck o' the woods.
If I was to use that as a water source for my tanks, it would be a relatively easy task to cover the roofs with a plastic sheet, to facilitate even safer water.
(Obviously, my garden isn't as fussy as fish).

 

[itiwhetu]

Thinking about it, I currently have a very large, open-to-the-elements barrel, collecting rainwater from the roofs of two sheds. No shortage of rainwater, in my neck o' the woods.
If I was to use that as a water source for my tanks, it would be a relatively easy task to cover the roofs with a plastic sheet, to facilitate even safer water.
(Obviously, my garden isn't as fussy as fish).

All of our water is collected from the roof of our house. It doesn't get better than that. Unless you live in Chernobyl or Detroit.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

All of our water is collected from the roof of our house. It doesn't get better than that. Unless you live in Chernobyl or Detroit.

So here's a thought...how's your roof waterproofed? Tar? Bitumen?
Are you certain that none of those materials contaminate the water?

 

[itiwhetu]

So here's a thought...how's your roof waterproofed? Tar? Bitumen?
Are you certain that none of those materials contaminate the water?

Corrugated iron roof, running into concrete underground tanks. we have 20k liters of storage ( we live in a rain forest ). it then runs through a simple sponge filter to the house. We drink and wash with that water, been here five years it is great.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Corrugated iron roof, running into concrete underground tanks. we have 20k liters of storage ( we live in a rain forest ). it then runs through a simple sponge filter to the house. We drink and wash with that water, been here five years it is great.

So you MUST have a degree of iron in your water?

 

[Deleted member 149562]

All of our water is collected from the roof of our house. It doesn't get better than that. Unless you live in Chernobyl or Detroit.

You are forgetting that Chernobyl contaminated a vast area of mainland Europe and it reached parts of the UK too. They still have no idea exactly how much of what had been released that night and over the next few weeks til they encased the reactor. The fire personnel were pouring water onto the reactor, as instructed, until those in the know realised that is the most dangerous thing anyone can do and had it changed to pouring sand via helicopters onto the raw core area. Had the water reached that raw core area, most of Europe would not actually exist now. (Excellent documentary on Smithsonian Channel that interviewed those who were there and who survived the blast - all of whom are subsequently dying from the after effects...its a harrowing documentary to watch tbh but also very informative about that accident)

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

...Although, with the luxury of 20,000 litres, what iron there is would be effectively diluted.

 

[itiwhetu]

...Although, with the luxury of 20,000 litres, what iron there is would be effectively diluted.

It just runs off the roof straight into the tanks no chance to pick up much of anything.