Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: bore well water
If borewell water .parameters would have been the culprit, your discus tank would have been the first to be affected.
How long have you been maintaining these tanks?
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: bore well water
Generally U should not be required any treatment for bore well water...if its directly coming from bore well, u dont even require declorinator..only thing is that in mumbai many of d areas get hard water specially near creek or sea areas....so u may get very high ph evry time u add on new water
Generally U should not be required any treatment for bore well water...if its directly coming from bore well, u dont even require declorinator..
Beg to differ with you.Borewell water requires most of the treatments other than dechlorination primarily depending on the location and depth of the bore.
Commonly found impurities in borewell water include dirt,rust,sand,clay,etc (arrester-micron filter),germs or other microorganisms (treatment-UV filter or ultrafilteration),TDS (technique-RO system), hardness (treated by ion exchange water softener), iron (iron removing resin) and toxic impurities like , mercury, nitrates, lead, fluorides, etc.
Any of these parameter shifts can prove stressful for the fishes.However, as the effect is on selected tanks my doubt is on the maintenance procedure rather than the water quality.
P.s.-Please refrain from using SMS language on IAH.
Beg to differ with you.Borewell water requires most of the treatments other than dechlorination primarily depending on the location and depth of the bore.
Commonly found impurities in borewell water include dirt,rust,sand,clay,etc (arrester-micron filter),germs or other microorganisms (treatment-UV filter or ultrafilteration),TDS (technique-RO system), hardness (treated by ion exchange water softener), iron (iron removing resin) and toxic impurities like <Auto>, mercury, nitrates, lead, fluorides, etc.
Any of these parameter shifts can prove stressful for the fishes.However, as the effect is on selected tanks my doubt is on the maintenance procedure rather than the water quality.
P.s.-Please refrain from using SMS language on IAH.
borewell water germs may not effect fishes and dirt can be taken care by mechanical filteration, in fact certain low degree of hardness is good for fishes which provide certain trace elements which are lost in RO process.
well if your water is too hard then it could be problem for most of the FW fishes and then Swarnendu's point is applicable.
I advise to test your water you can use peat moss carefully
across mumbai region the hardness is different. we have both municipal and borewell connection my water is 7Ph and 10d TDS and 7d KH that of BW supply
african cichlids are ideal for hard water set up
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