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    info from sydney water

    am i able to find out some how from sydney water what they say the water peramiters are in my area? like what chemicals, metals and so on are in the water that comes from my tap...or at least in my suburb???

    if anyone knows of any links or phone numbers where i could find out, please share them

    thanks

    matt

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    Matt, here is the water analysis results for Sydney...

    (you will need acrobat reader to see the result .pdf file)

    http://www.sydneywater.com.au/html/y...aterreport.pdf

    Daily water quality,

    http://www.sydneywater.com.au/html/y...water_qual.cfm

    HTH

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    is there a melbourne water site?? always feel left out heheh

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    I will see what I can dig up, and I might even see if I can get permissions to have a table on here with live updates sourced from each Water authority of the quality levels for all capital cities...

    that would be kool...

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    thanks proteus....

    it is a bit hard for me to fully understand though...i'm not up to scratch on my water knowledge

    we live in the same suberb....is our water good for raising discus, in your opinion???

    thanks again mate

    matt

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    excellent idea

    make it happen mate

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    Now THAT is an idea worthy of the HIGH AND MIGHTY Proteus!!!

    Go for it MATE!!!

    LOL

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    Matt, I have never had a problem with the water here...

    the pH usually varies between 7.0 & 7.4 and nuke the stuff with a additive to kill the chlorine & chlorimine and everything should be smelling like roses... or looking like Discus...

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    yeah last time i checked the ph i think it was somewhere around the 7 mark...but i havn't checked for ages

    i add prime to get ris of chlorine a chloramines...

    i'm also using geo liquid at the moment...but i'm not too sure about it...i don't know if i need to use it...

    matt

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    I was using Prime up till a week ago, now using "Water Ager ACN", it is a local product, and has a broader spectrum of Detoxification, and neatralization... it is a litle more expensive, but in comparison to what it does, very cheap...

    I also add a few drops of Cycle to every bucket when doing water changes, to promote a wide variety of "Good" bacteria, and depending on what tank the water is going in, a spoon full of aquarium salt, or a few drops of Amazon Water Conditioner (Peat & tannin extracts especially for Discus)...

    HTH

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