Karmicnull
Member
Hi all,
For my new tank I'm using 50/50 rain water and tap water with a view to happier plants and stocking some softer water fish. It drops me nicely down from ~330 TDS to ~200 TDS, and most plants appear to be happy (frogbit v. happy). I popped some RCS (20 or so) in, and noticed a few deaths - but also berried shrimp. Following @dw1305's suggestion I added some daphnia to my water butts, to monitor their quality. I now can't see them in the water butts at all - but they are 250 Litres and deep, and there's a lot of sky reflections, so it could be me. Finally, I have noticed that the water coming from the water butts has got a distinct green tinge to it in comparison to tap water. I have no idea whether this is good or bad. Is it something other people using rain water see?
Cheers,
Simon
For my new tank I'm using 50/50 rain water and tap water with a view to happier plants and stocking some softer water fish. It drops me nicely down from ~330 TDS to ~200 TDS, and most plants appear to be happy (frogbit v. happy). I popped some RCS (20 or so) in, and noticed a few deaths - but also berried shrimp. Following @dw1305's suggestion I added some daphnia to my water butts, to monitor their quality. I now can't see them in the water butts at all - but they are 250 Litres and deep, and there's a lot of sky reflections, so it could be me. Finally, I have noticed that the water coming from the water butts has got a distinct green tinge to it in comparison to tap water. I have no idea whether this is good or bad. Is it something other people using rain water see?
Cheers,
Simon