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Re: Clean & Soft Water Needed

Just a comment --  I set up a system to capture rainwater in 60 quart
(uncontaminated) containers.  The secret is to us a 5 gallon bucket that
will fill up before overflowing into the 
storage containers thus filtering out any airborne particles.  I then
pump all the water through a 1-micron and carbon block filter before
using.  Super soft, neutral ph aquarium ready water is the result.  I
live in the Midwest though - we have no acid rain here.  

  
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 07:47:15 -0700 "Ron Anderson" <yodeman at lycos_com>
writes:
> Hi Dale,  First of all, the killies you mentioned are not very 
> demanding when it comes to water perameters, unless you have liquid 
> rock for tap water. Your pH is more than adequate, but a more 
> important factor that you didn't mention is hardness.  That is the 
> reason most people resort to using RO water, to reduce hardness. 
> However, I have heard from people mentioning that they had good luck 
> with the killies you mentioned in reasonably hard water. These fish 
> are more than likely very removed from "wild", and have become less 
> fussy about water. A couple of cheaper ways to reduce pH and 
> hardness is peat filtration and rainwater.  JUst put some peatmoss 
> in a corner box filter and take it out when you get to the desired 
> pH. Use the rain in combination with your tap water until you get to 
> the desired hardness. But I wouldn't even mess with the tap until 
> you figure out that you are having a problem. As far as how long to 
> keep the eggs in peat, I think 4 weeks would do, but I water !
> inc
> ubate these species, so I'm just guessing.  HTH,  Ron  
> ---
> Ron Anderson
> Warwick, RI 
> 401-739-7670
> alt email: ron at 110_net
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 01:04:33  
>  Dale Medina wrote:
> >The Ph on my tap is about 7.6
> >I was thinking perhaps the eggs would do better in a
> >slightly low ph around 6.6 to 7.0
> >I just bought some reverse osmosis water from the lfs
> >to try and breed my striatums there. It costs .50 for
> >each gallon. The ph from that water is around 6.8
> >What's the advantage of R.O. water from tap water?
> >Is there any other cheap way to get this kind of pure
> >water without resulting into buying a whole system?
> >And also, how long should I leave the FP. gardneri
> >akure, striatum and chrm. poliaki eggs in the moist
> >peat moss stored in a ziplock bag? 
> >
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