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

[Adam Perry <pentium0@gmail.com>]

Hmm, I _was thinking that an explanation could be that my biological
filter had been knocked out.  (IE, the free-floating algae doing the
job that the biological filter isn't doing? and explaining the stress
the fish are feeling)
If the city is putting more chloramine into the water lately, that
could have killed off my biological filter?  I have been doing the
usual, "bare minimum" amount of anti-chlorine/chloramine chemical,
added to the tank as I begin to fill it with 80deg water straight from
the faucet.
Conclusion: test for ammonia / nitrite / nitrate / pH, use more
chemical when doing water changes, possibly switch in another
sponge-filter from another tank.

thanks for the comments!
 - Adam


On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:07 AM,  <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Find some daphnia quick! They love green water, plus double as food!
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> Susan
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> ----- 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???
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> 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.
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> That being said, I haven't noticed anything unusual in capitol hill.
>
> - macker
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> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Bryan Nielsen <brynielsen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.  I
>> haven't noticed anything different but my first thought was some sort
>> of bloom as well that could trigger a change.
>>
>> Bryan Nielsen
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>> On May 20, 2009, at 8:06 PM, matt kaufman wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> >
>> > 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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