Well water

[rocketlily]

We're also on brownish well water. Lots of iron and sodium. Never really know what else is in the well water. I would never use it on any of my tanks.

[dabandit]

ahh iron. Thank you. Living on a farm is like visiting mexico,its beautiful but dont drink the water lol

[brizzo]

Yeah you can never be too sure of the metal, and heavy metal content of well water. You may even want to get it professionally tested for your own health. (Bacterial infections in wells are more common than you might think)

[rocketlily]

We never drink or cook with well water. Only for laundry (white's will yellow fast), showers, toilets and dishes. Water can change overnight depending on what's happening a few miles away. Not worth taking the chance with your health. We had alot of stomach problems with the kids until we finally figured out it was the water.

[hillbillyreefer]

Mine sounds similar to yours. I wouldn't use it in a salt tank without running it through the ro system. I have used my tap water in my freshie tanks without any trouble, but never tried it in my salt tanks.

[dabandit]

All the water coming into our house passes through a massive ro/di then is stored in a pressurised holding tank,the system is currentlly down at the moment and the supply water is bypassing the ro/di. Problem is the pump guy wont be out for a week and my fish are starting to look very unhappy.
I'll have to go buy some bottles for now gets kind of pricey when your filling a 100gal system lol 20 5g bottles at 11$ each.

[rocketlily]

Check around. We have 2 retail water outlets here that sell it for $2.50 per 5 gal if you have your own containers and you buy a card for 25 at a time.

[superduperwesman]

Originally Posted by rocketlily

We're also on brownish well water. Lots of iron and sodium. Never really know what else is in the well water. I would never use it on any of my tanks.

Why would the sodium be a problem?? So will and r/o system remove the iron??

[rocketlily]

Originally Posted by superduperwesman

Why would the sodium be a problem?? So will and r/o system remove the iron??

Sodium is bad for your health if you drink alot of water. Really makes the coffee taste bad, makes fizzy lemonade and kills houseplants.

So will and r/o system remove the iron?? - not understanding

[superduperwesman]

Originally Posted by rocketlily

Sodium is bad for your health if you drink alot of water. Really makes the coffee taste bad, makes fizzy lemonade and kills houseplants.

So will and r/o system remove the iron?? - not understanding

No I mean why would sodium be bad for your fish tank?? and you also mentioned iron.. do r/o systems remove iron??