robertiv
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My local well tap water is both very hard and according to my recent testing has a pretty high nitrate load (20+ ppm give or take) right out the faucet. I had previously been doing a 50-50 bottled spring water & tap water in my tank, but with those nitrates I feel the tap should be avoided altogether. However even that 50-50 got expensive quickly just with my medium sized 38g setup. A switch to full bottled water would be way too much for my budget considering weekly 50% changes for a year - over $1k ish/year just for water changes at the prices I've been paying.
Anyone else have this situation? Is there a way to get cheaper spring water (I've just been buying 5g jugs at the store)? Any other tricks to get good quality water for a reasonable price? I've only been doing this for about 18 months so feel free to share any basic options, they're all probably new to me.
Bummer is, I live 100 yards over a city line and on the other side the water quality is fantastic. Oh well.
Anyone else have this situation? Is there a way to get cheaper spring water (I've just been buying 5g jugs at the store)? Any other tricks to get good quality water for a reasonable price? I've only been doing this for about 18 months so feel free to share any basic options, they're all probably new to me.
Bummer is, I live 100 yards over a city line and on the other side the water quality is fantastic. Oh well.