natscat Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hi all, Anyone out there using bore water in their tank/s. I have not had the water analysed yet but I don’t think it will be a problem. Will be doing my own tests for PH, GH and KH in the next couple of days but is it true that bore water has very little dissolved O2? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Dunno about the dissolved oxygen but many here are on bore water. May have trouble with hardness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Bore water can be variable depending on what type of strata it is coming from. In peat country it can be soft and acid and in limestone country it can be very hard. The whole of Christchurch, and many other cities are supplied from bore water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natscat Posted October 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I've been using it for 5 years, no issues. Very high in iron to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 My point was that it is extremely variable so you wouldn't know anything about it unless you get it tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 New bore, yes. Old bore from the 70's, no. Pretty stable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 New bore, yes. Old bore from the 70's, no. Pretty stable I don't think he means individual bores are variable. He means there can be variations between different ones. Any individual bore even new should be pretty stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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