Is this water too hard?

[FishFinatic77]

I just had an issue with my well and I had to drill the well deeper. But now my water went from incredibly low gh, to a gh of 200ppm. Is this water too hard for my fish now? I have a betta, as well as a community tank with Harlequin Rasboras, Cherry Barbs, and a Clown Pleco. I also want to add a Honey Gourami soon.

 

[AmyKieran]

I just had an issue with my well and I had to drill the well deeper. But now my water went from incredibly low gh, to a gh of 200ppm. Is this water too hard for my fish now? I have a betta, as well as a community tank with Harlequin Rasboras, Cherry Barbs, and a Clown Pleco. I also want to add a Honey Gourami soon.

I know you say ‘incredibly low’ but what was it? And 200ppm isn’t extremely high either. It will still be suitable for all of the fish you have suggested but I wouldn’t just add a huge volume of water instantly as it may shock them. Small and often water changes should work out better

 

[FishFinatic77]

I know you say ‘incredibly low’ but what was it?

I have it written down, but I didn't where I put the paper. Helpful, I know, lol. But I just found it. The gh was actually not as low as I thought. It was about 160ppm.

And 200ppm isn’t extremely high either. It will still be suitable for all of the fish you have suggested but I wouldn’t just add a huge volume of water instantly as it may shock them. Small and often water changes should work out better

Okay, that's good. I'll do some small water changes to switch them over.

 

[Rocky998]

When you drilled down, silt and minerals could have been released into the water causing false results. Maybe let the water settle for a while

 

[Colin_T]

Why did you have to drill deeper?

160ppm is about as high a GH as you want for those fish.
200ppm is pushing it a bit for them. They will probably be ok but would prefer slightly lower.

 

[FishFinatic77]

When you drilled down, silt and minerals could have been released into the water causing false results. Maybe let the water settle for a while

We drilled over a week ago now. I figured it would have settled by now, but maybe not?

Why did you have to drill deeper?

160ppm is about as high a GH as you want for those fish.
200ppm is pushing it a bit for them. They will probably be ok but would prefer slightly lower.

We had to drill because our well was dry.
I do have an osmosis system. Should I add a little of osmosis water into the regular tap water to get the gh lower?

 

[Rocky998]

We drilled over a week ago now. I figured it would have settled by now, but maybe not?


We had to drill because our well was dry...
I do have an osmosis system. Should I add a little of osmosis water into the regular tap water to get the gh lower?

Since its a large amount of water it may take over a week for the water to "clear"... And yes, a reverse osmosis system would help

 

[Colin_T]

Yeah I would run about 30% reverse osmosis and the rest well water. That would lower it a bit but still have some minerals.

Does your well normally run dry, or is this from climate change?
I know a few people with wells who might have to get theirs drilled deeper.

 

[FishFinatic77]

Yeah I would run about 30% reverse osmosis and the rest well water. That would lower it a bit but still have some minerals.

Okay, I can definitely do that.

Does your well normally run dry, or is this from climate change?
I know a few people with wells who might have to get theirs drilled deeper.

We've had issues with the well for years. It's always been going dry, and then we had to wait hours for the water to come back. But we want to move sometime in the future, and to sell this house, we had to get that water sorted. Besides, it was annoying to keep running out of water all the time.