I think watercorp uses chloramines for long pipe runs to places out in the boonies, so generally metro is ok (other than the chlorine and fluoride
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| Author: | Jpol [ Feb 2nd, '15, 11:21 ] |
| Post subject: | will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
I am still slowly learning, recently my plants have not be growing overly well i had a few plumbing issues and lost a lot of water, i topped up probably a third of my water direct from the hose, could this slow down my growth, i only have access to scheme and hopefully soon bore water, am i better to get a few drums and gas off the water before adding? |
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| Author: | Colum Black-Byron [ Feb 2nd, '15, 12:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
If you're flushing out all your nutrient rich water, it'll take a little bit to bounce back. Add some Seasol to the mix, it'll bring the micro/macro nutrients back to better levels. And if you added 1/3 of your tank in town water without treatment, then I'd worry about chlorine/chloarmines. The systems can handle a certain amount of chlorine (1/10th is usually considered safe), but too much and you'll end up with dead fish. Chlorine can gas off easier within a day, chloramines are a lot harder. The easiest way I was told to tell the difference, is to smell the water from the tap, chlorine will have a faint (very faint) chlorine smell, chloramines will be odourless. |
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| Author: | Jpol [ Feb 2nd, '15, 12:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
as always super helpful thanks colum |
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| Author: | mattyoga [ Feb 2nd, '15, 15:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
Don't think chloramines are an issue in metro WA - where in WA are you? I've done a 1/3 tank top up with perth scheme water with no issues. Though you are better off with a top up drum to off gas and age the water - also useful if you need to adjust ph. Might be wise to test bore water before use as it may be too high in certain minerals such as iron. |
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| Author: | Jpol [ Feb 3rd, '15, 08:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
cool yeah I'm in gosnells so hopefully not a problem, ill keep it in mind when the bore goes in to have it tested. bought a 200 liter tank yesterday so will use it to gas off my water going forward |
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| Author: | mattyoga [ Feb 3rd, '15, 09:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: will scheme water top up affect plant growth |
I think watercorp uses chloramines for long pipe runs to places out in the boonies, so generally metro is ok (other than the chlorine and fluoride )
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