The veins are turning brown on my aquatic Amazonian sword plant’s leaves, making them crinkle. However, the leaves are a lovely shade of green and seem more or less healthy. Is there not enough light? Because I only have a normal output fluorescent bulb.
I use root tabs for iron supplement and fertilizer. The roots are healthy, and the leaves seem to have plenty of chlorophyll. The CO2 is sufficient. My tank isn’t overcrowded (3 swordtail fish and 2 angel fish) nor is anything else unhealthy. No snails.
My tap water has medium-high pH, a good buffer (high alkalinity–not related to pH), and high hardness. I mix this 50/50 with reverse-osmosis water, which has any dissolved materials filtered out.
Tagged as: angel fish, co2, fertilizer, high alkalinity, iron supplement, reverse osmosis water, roots, snails, sword, swordtail fish, tabs, tank, tap water, veins
I am looking at purchasing a home and found a great property with one major downfall. The well has show to have a high coliform bacteria count and has already been shocked with chlorine once, to no avail. What options do I have treat this condition. I’ve looked at a few filtration systems, the ones with a UV disinfection system, I figure that coupled with a reverse osmosis drinking water system would be sufficient.
Not exacitly my problem yet, but I figure before I look further at purchasing this property, I’d better look at options. I’d much rather invest 00 into filtration systems, than spend 000 on drilling a new well that might very well have the same issue.
I am from Eastern Iowa, this property is in a very rural area, and is surrounded by farmland. The property does have a septic system. That combined with the fact that it is surrounded by farmland, I’m guessing the problem is a mixture of Septic seepage, and Fertilizer seepage, but I’m not 100% on that. I just want to make the water safe to bathe in and to wash vegetables in ect. Drinking water can come from a bottled source if necessary.
Tagged as: avail, bacteria count, chlorine, coliform bacteria, downfall, drinking water system, eastern iowa, farmland, fertilizer, filtration systems, mixture, reverse osmosis drinking water, reverse osmosis drinking water system, rural area, seepage, septic system, uv disinfection, vegetables
