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waring: well water can have ammonia
I have had a hard time getting to my newsreader, so I weathered this
calamity with the help of the pond forum on GardenWeb. I was feeding my fish in the gf pond, and noticed that they had no appetite. I had to net out the entire feeding every time. I had a spring algae bloom, so I had to get rid of that to be able to see them and judge what was wrong. So Rolf Nelson sold me some Algae Fix and some bactieria and I went to work on the water. Sure enough, all the fish were just moping around the bottom and not swimming any more than absolutely necessary. There were no signs of oxygen depletion, so I got a test kit. I did the test wrong and didn't get the needed warning of the ammonia, but the next morning, my whitest fish had red streaks in their fins. So, I tested again and started the water changes immediately. Since I am on a well, and have done massive changes many times before, that's what I did this time too. The thing is, the reading didn't improve. Finally, I figured out to test my tap water, and sure enough, that was my problem. Nothing twenty bucks worth of Amquell wouldn't fix. Of course, the twenty bucks worth of algae fix went out with the water change and I have had to use twice as much Clarity Max because I had to replace that, too. Oh, well, at least my fishies are happy again. I just wanted to post this as a heads-up for those out there that are on a well. It doesn't automatically mean you have safe water. This does mean that we now have to address this issue for our own health even though we drink bottled water. Does this mean we have to get a filtration system? |
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