Re: Water problems!

[Mike McKenzie <mickey3@intergate.ca>]

Man...I'd be careful about drinking the stuff, got any septic tanks, farms 
or other such donors near your water supply.

At 09:18 PM 5/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>Just had a weird experience with a water change which killed some fish 
>which I thought I'd share and ask for experiences from list members.
>
>I took the tap water in to my LFS for testing, since they have a higher 
>turnover of reagents, and I figured theirs would be fresher than mine.  My 
>chlorine tested, as expected, at greater than 5 ppm. Ammonia was present, 
>in very small quanitity; probably the first color change on the chart 
>(sorry that I can't remember the quantity). Weirdly enough, the NITRITE in 
>the tapwater was 0.5 ppm.
>
>Now, why oh why is there nitrite in my tapwater?  Have nitrifying bacteria 
>colonized my pipes?
>
>What do I do about this?  I usually use SeaChem Prime to "condition" my 
>water during a water change . . . but if my tap water has that much 
>nitrite in it to begin with, is the water change beneficial or detrimental?
>
>I think I had the dieoff because I forgot to add the dechlorinator and did 
>a large-scale water change.  That's stupid on my part.  But, now I know 
>what's in my tap water, so . . . thoughts?
>
>Stuart
>--
>Stuart Hall
>(sturob@swbell.net)
>(gasdocstu@my-deja.com)
>
>
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