fishrfriendsntfood

i am planing on seting up a small fish tank with "starter fish" but we have really bad well water (we dont even drink it) and i was wondering if its a bad idea to use it.
thanks
Fishrfriendsntfood

Dino

Explain bad.

Chemicals?
Bacteria?
Smell?
Rust?

fishrfriendsntfood

....it kills plants, theres so much rust when you shower and dry off the towel turns orange, i wouldnt want to look at it under a microscope, and if you cultured it you would end you would end up with little godzillas eating towns people bad....
so weve decided to use distilled water, now my question is would you treat distiled water with anything?

Dino

Pure distilled will kill your fish.
It literaly leeches the chemicals out of your fish.
You might do best to mix the two.

fishrfriendsntfood

yea we got a 50/50 mix. our fish are doing well, thanks!

mychl717

Are you sure it's your well water and not your pipes? Have you ever had your well tested?

Having well water around here is usually a bonus because the water tastes sooo much better than city water....

Tavel

we swear the city puts something in the water that makes the fish sick...and probably us too! Well water FTW!

Chief_waterchanger

Actually cities can put things in the water, without telling people ahead of time, that can literally take the flesh right off of your fish. We had friends in Middle Tennessee have that problem. The city put a chemical in the water (Dino could tell you what it was) and they lost a whole lot of bettas, I believe.