house water, aquariums and a hatchery in Area 51
Because of Bay Shore NYs high quality of water (sigh), I use a GE smartwater house filter on my main waterline. On the icemaker/water dispenser I have a universal fridge GE filter that gets rid of chlorine too and I also have another filter inside the fridge thats built in. So my drinking water is very clean. On the main water filter I can only use the biggest pleated filter that traps sediments because if I use the smaller micron filter that filters out chlorines and fine silt I end up changing filters every two weeks. I seem to have VERY heavy iron deposits in my water. The town assured me this is ok. I have lived in this house for 5 years and its always the same. Bayshore also has the biggest problem of radioactive waste leeching into its aquafer on Long Island so who do I believe. This filter seems to do the trick in keeping the deposits at bay so im sure alot of minerals are not making it through.
My problem is should I bypass the filter when im filling up my aquariums so I dont filter out any minerals? Most of the lfs and Petco buy their fish from a hatchery in the next town over which Im sure doesnt use filters on their water. Since I found out where the fish came from I never bother with trying to adjust my PH or water hardness as it seems we all use the same water anyway. No one will disclose the location of this hatchery (Bermuda triangle perhaps?), so I cant see what they use.
Category: AquaticLife
