Snow In My Tank

[Ludwig Venter]

I have just filled one of my tanks with water dripping from my air conditioner (producing at least 30 liters per day). My thinking is that this represents pure totally uncontaminated water, which I can "mould" into acceptable soft, soft water for, well, for instance, to breed neons in by just placing some log in there and after 2/3 weeks, I'll have beautiful soft acidic water...

Some of you guys are very chaffed at the amount of snow you've endured during the past weeks, and some of you complain about the snow, but insofar as water quality is concerned, is this not an excellent source of "topup" water.... no chemicals, no contaminations, probably as pure as you can get to just top up evaporated water. I'm just asking?

 

[Knox213]

here in the UK our water is acidly becasue of the pollution we make so i personally would'nt try it

 

[OldMan47]

Snow is not as clean as rain but a fresh snowfall can be used as decent water. It takes an awful lot of snow to yield not very much water, and it will cool the house quite a bit while melting. Although it may be good enough water, I would rather spend the money on an RO than on heating my home.

 

[Knox213]

RO?

I Want a water filter thing witch gets rid of metal particals so i can like I Dont have to add much Water declrionator.

 

[Honeythorn]

here in the UK our water is acidly becasue of the pollution we make so i personally would'nt try it

Wrong. If that was the case my tapwater would not be PH 7.2, and London's water is harder still in some places.

Rainfall and snowfall is naturally acidic pretty much all over the world due to picking up both natural gases and toxins and man made pollutants. Region has little to do with it as winds and currents carry these things all over the globe.

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

7.2 isn't that hard. Mine comes in at 7.8 - 8. Great for the Malawi's etc but I doubt I'll ever be keeping Discus. I wouldn't use snow in my tanks. Disregarding the pollutants it carries, the temps would give the fish frostbite. And the idea of having bicketfuls hanging around warming up just sounds messy.
P.

 

[Knox213]

its ment to snow ALOT tonight so the weatherforecast says :

 

[onebto]

I have just filled one of my tanks with water dripping from my air conditioner (producing at least 30 liters per day). My thinking is that this represents pure totally uncontaminated water, which I can "mould" into acceptable soft, soft water for, well, for instance, to breed neons in by just placing some log in there and after 2/3 weeks, I'll have beautiful soft acidic water...

Good idea Ludwig

Being in the Air conditioning trade for some 16 years and spending a lot of time cleaning Air conditioner trays and evaporators of muck (not a pleasant job) I was wondering if your unit suffers the same as ours?

Over here in the UK all town based areas with A/C in buildings clog up over a period of time with a sludge.

Through the natural process of sucking and processing vast quantity's of air, the evaporator picks up dust particles which then drain down the coil with the moisture that forms on the evaporators fins into the tray. This means healthy maintenance contracts for A/C company's here in the UK
I guess your A/C is nice and clean but something to keep an eye on as I would imagine this sludge and muck could be a pain and make the water not so friendly to your fish.

As for the snow I have not got a clue living in Town our snow does not take long to go all mucky

Regards onebto

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Well... I have braved a tiny (measily) guppy fry into this tank who seemed to have difficulty in keeping upright in the parent tank... Let's see what happens to him in this air conditioner drip off tank. ATM, having been in 1 hour, he seems happy. What are the odds??

 

[Truck]

Ludwig, the Ac water may pose a problem the the guppy's health, AC units are breeding grounds for microbes, which is why sinus infection is common in households with AC units, because they constantly circulate these organisms, also the organisms can also enter the run off water, which is why it may be problematic for the fish in the water, it will be interesting to see what happens.

If he seems happy I can only presume that the guppy is fine.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Ludwig, the Ac water may pose a problem the the guppy's health, AC units are breeding grounds for microbes, which is why sinus infection is common in households with AC units, because they constantly circulate these organisms, also the organisms can also enter the run off water, which is why it may be problematic for the fish in the water, it will be interesting to see what happens.

If he seems happy I can only presume that the guppy is fine.

Nope!!!... He started to just flow with the current, so I immediately removed him and placed it back in the parent tank to tell his story... he immediately recouperated in his old domain.... so I will give it a week, before I try again.... I feel it will work.

 

[mr130gallon]

i use rainwater occasionally for waterchanges, but we dont get very much rain. so i cant rely on it.

and i wouldnt use snow because as oldman47 said, you dont get much water out of a lot of snow.

 

[indigoj]

RO?

I Want a water filter thing witch gets rid of metal particals so i can like I Dont have to add much Water declrionator.

Reverse osmosis - an RO unit connects to your water supply and removes all the heavy metals and minerals - however it produces only about 1l of RO water for every 4l normal so is quite wasteful especially if you are on a water meter and only really necessary if you have a marine tank or discus set up.

A good dechlorinator (or even a pond dechlorinator will be more cost effective for your current needs.

 

[Knox213]

RO?

I Want a water filter thing witch gets rid of metal particals so i can like I Dont have to add much Water declrionator.

Reverse osmosis - an RO unit connects to your water supply and removes all the heavy metals and minerals - however it produces only about 1l of RO water for every 4l normal so is quite wasteful especially if you are on a water meter and only really necessary if you have a marine tank or discus set up.

A good dechlorinator (or even a pond dechlorinator will be more cost effective for your current needs.

Ohh.

I Knew the thing abouit filterized water witch kills off the metals etc / Does this mean you still need to add much declorinator? or less declorinator..?

 

[Truck]

You don't need to add de chlorinator to RO water, but you do need to add the minerals and metals back in, because they benefit your fishes health.