yes surrounded by it. And no I don't drink it if i can help it. Oh and BTW I've recently discovered that the pitcher water filters such as Brita do nothing for Nitrates.
It's the Nitrates that are high in my tap water. the Nitrites are at 0 since the aquariums cycled.
Well for now then I won't worry about the ph levels.
thanks for the reply
Ajay
hello,
my tap water is high in Nitrates making it hard to lower the levels in my aquariums. Tap water levels are as high at 60ppm Ph is is high also at 8.4+ I don't think this was always the case as when I first set um the aquariums last November the ph was 6.8 and nitrates where 0 until the...