Here is the water report for my area. I live in Bromley, Kent\London borders:
http://www.djrollin.co.uk//fish/ukaps/WaterReport/
One file is the report and the other an explanation.
Any comments on the report are most welcome, I know there are a few people from Bromley on the forum so I hope this is if some interest to them all. I expect it may cover a wider area as well, I don't know. I also expect most of Thames water in London will be of a similar composition.
It took Thames Water 3 months to reply to my request for this report so I am not going to bother asking them any questions about it thats for sure!
Here goes for my observations\questions...
Is there chlorine or chloramine in my water? I can see 'Chloride as Cl, 63ppm average' which I interpret as 'yes there is but we're not bothering to tell you which one'
Are there any nasties that would prohibit keeping delicate shrimp? I have 'tested the water' (ha ha, love the pun! even if I do say so myself) with Amanos for a few months with no problems. Most of the metals look to be in micrograms so I am guessing these are low enough to ignore.
I dose EI, with macros straight after water change. Considering I have an average of 30ppm Nitrates in my tap (free ferts, lovely ) I might switch it so that I dose trace on the WC day and macros the day after. I am not at all worried about this though as I have been doing fine with my dosing for 2 years so far
Anyone else care to comment...
http://www.djrollin.co.uk//fish/ukaps/WaterReport/
One file is the report and the other an explanation.
Any comments on the report are most welcome, I know there are a few people from Bromley on the forum so I hope this is if some interest to them all. I expect it may cover a wider area as well, I don't know. I also expect most of Thames water in London will be of a similar composition.
It took Thames Water 3 months to reply to my request for this report so I am not going to bother asking them any questions about it thats for sure!
Here goes for my observations\questions...
Is there chlorine or chloramine in my water? I can see 'Chloride as Cl, 63ppm average' which I interpret as 'yes there is but we're not bothering to tell you which one'
Are there any nasties that would prohibit keeping delicate shrimp? I have 'tested the water' (ha ha, love the pun! even if I do say so myself) with Amanos for a few months with no problems. Most of the metals look to be in micrograms so I am guessing these are low enough to ignore.
I dose EI, with macros straight after water change. Considering I have an average of 30ppm Nitrates in my tap (free ferts, lovely ) I might switch it so that I dose trace on the WC day and macros the day after. I am not at all worried about this though as I have been doing fine with my dosing for 2 years so far
Anyone else care to comment...