City Water and RCS

[Sarr]

Is my city's water something to worry about? The copper seems high to me, but what do I know?

I'm getting my starter colony of RCS next week and I need to know if the tap water would kill them and if I should go with another water source.

 

[tomany]

My city water report for Copper are the same as yours. I have been keeping RCS for over a year with no problems.

 

[Sarr]

Interesting. I've heard it's way too high for shrimp.

 

[Big Mike]

Some water conditioners take care of heavy metals. I know Prime does.

 

[Sarr]

I've heard good thing about prime for this issue.

 

[tomany]

I use AquaSafe Plus. The bottle label reads; Subtances in tap water (like chlorine, chloramins and heavy metals) that are dangerous to fish, are removed or neutralized.

 

[Sarr]

pH is 7.2, tank is cycled, and shrimp arrive tomorrow.

 

[stormywendyann]

When you see what is in the water it makes you think twice about drinking it or putting your fish in it.

 

[nitrogen15]

When you see what is in the water it makes you think twice about drinking it or putting your fish in it.

Factory discharge and herbicides :crazy: Certainly better than water quality in the middle ages, but I only drink it because I have to.

Sarr, the main concern would be if you had copper pipes in your house. The treatment plant copper levels are fine.

 

[Sarr]

Yes I'm using filtered water now!