olivia Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 I'm after some advice about water for my fish tank (approx 200L, Tropical Tank, which I have had for about 1 1/2 years) I have been living in town (on town supply water) and have just moved out into the county and have tank water (from the roof). I haven't moved my fish tank out here yet, but plan to soon. My question is will it be ok to refill the fish tank with the rural water? Or will it be a shock to the fish? I have no idea, which is why I thought I should seek some advice before I do it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Test the town water, then test the tank water. And gradually acclimatize your fish like they were new Most fish will adjust to a wide range of water parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Take a sample of both sources of water to your local fish shop and ask them to do a thorough test on all the water parameters. They should have tests for pH, hardness, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and various other ones. If there are ammonia or nitrite in the water (as it comes out of the tap - before it gets into your tank) then you may have trouble. But the fish will adapt to quite wide variations in all the others. Rain water is usually very 'soft' ie hardly any dissolved minerals. It will be interesting to know how this differs from your town supply. The good thing is you won't have chlorine in your tank water (unless you put it there yourself) so you won't have to use chlorine removers any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivia Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Great! Thanks for the advice. Very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 New Plymouth tap water comes from the Waiwakaiho river via the Duck Pond (Lake Mangamahoe). It's pretty much rain water with a bit of duck poop added. It's naturally very soft (no dissolved lime) and pH is pretty neutral. Fish should have no problem changing over to rain water. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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