Re: [GSAS-Member] Spring Water Weirdness???

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Find some daphnia quick! They love green water, plus double as food! 



Susan 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "macker" <macker@gmail.com> 
To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com> 
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:08:02 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Spring Water Weirdness??? 

Thats correct, from one of the two reservoirs ... I talked to the city about 
this when I was having hardness issues with my water/waterplants. I think 
they said the cutoff was one side or the other of the bridge that connects 
the UW, on 24th. 

That being said, I haven't noticed anything unusual in capitol hill. 

- macker 

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Bryan Nielsen <brynielsen@gmail.com> wrote: 

> I believe that Seattle gets it's water from the Cedar River or Tolt 
> Reservoirs depending on if you are north or south of Lake Union. ÂI 
> haven't noticed anything different but my first thought was some sort 
> of bloom as well that could trigger a change. 
> 
> Bryan Nielsen 
> 
> 
> On May 20, 2009, at 8:06 PM, matt kaufman wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > City water can certainly change. I don't know how Seattle does it, 
> > but most municipalities buy water from cooperatives who get it from 
> > suppliers, etc. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > How do you condition your water before water changes? Sometimes, 
> > cities will increase the amount of chloramine in response to changes 
> > in weather (warmer weather->more bacteria->raise the chloramine 
> > level), etc. This is why some people use RO/DI to get rid of 
> > 'everything' and make up their own water, especially in sensitive 
> > systems like reefs. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> From: pentium0@gmail.com 
> >> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:33:39 -0700 
> >> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com 
> >> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Spring Water Weirdness??? 
> >> 
> >> Hi All, 
> >> 
> >> Anyone else noticing unexplained weirdness with their water lately? 
> >> Like, wondering if it could be from changes in the water from the 
> >> city? 
> >> 
> >> My 90gallon with: 
> >> 3 adult discus 
> >> 12 Kuhli loach 
> >> 5 cory 
> >> 2 checkerboard (small) cichlids 
> >> 
> >> is having a mysterious bloom of free-floating algae, which water 
> >> changes haven't been able to clear up yet. The discus have had some 
> >> light ich lately, and a checkerboard cichlid died all of a sudden. 
> >> 
> >> thanks for any thoughts 
> >> 
> >> - Adam 
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