Bore Water

[Tryhard]

I have this spear down at the side of the house and was just wondering whether it would be worth using in my tanks or would it be just as much trouble as cleaning up tap water - I know there is a large amount of sulpher in it and a fair amount of iron. The gardens and lawn love the stuff but I am not sure the fish will.

[flukes]

All depends on the amounts, might want too taje a sample too your LFS for a reading.

Try go too a LFS that has the Sera elctronic testing kits.

For those of us in Melbourn boronia has this test kit which can give more accurate readings and alot more tests. Not sure what there is in Sydney.

You could also try water specialists. We also have a few companys in melbourne that do water tests, which while your there you can test things including.
Ph
Gh
Kh
Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate
Iron
Calcium
Phosphate.
Sulphur.
and conductivity.

I think they have test for a few other things, so try contact your LFS's first too see what they can test for, if they meantion they use the Sera Electronic method then id be doing that.

If not might have too do some reseach into water specialilists. Looks for company's that sell tap filters, r.o units etc.

[kalebjarrod]

heres a simple Question

"Does the water stain any items (trunks of trees, your house, rocks etc etc) a shade of brown"

if yes you have far to much Iron and you will need a RO kit.

if not you will stilll need to test water quality, but you may not need a RO kit

[Tryhard]

Thanks for the reply guys - flukes unfortunatly my nearest LFS is 80km away - I use mail order a lot, Ryan yeah it has given a few things a light colouring so I suppose I would have to RO it.

[kalebjarrod]

yeah thats an alge thats love's the Iron content

most of aus bores have it, lack of constant rain

Ro would work though