thoughts on clearing tank water with rock hard well water

[Magnum Man]

I'm noticing as I dive deeper into the shrimp and fish that require hard water, that my tanks are cloudy ( as is my well water ) ... these tanks all have only sponge filters, with the exception of the 2 bigger tanks, that also run a hang on back, and after a day or two seem to clear more... I'm not wanting to run a mechanical filter on my shrimp tanks or smaller live bearers, and I am concerned even the bigger tanks will look "rusty" over time, as the back and side glass, that don't get scraped , accumulate the mineral sediment... curious if anyone else that uses very hard water in their tanks has a fix???

 

[gwand]

My well water GH ranges from 190-250 ppm depending upon the season. My faucets and shower heads get mineralized but my tanks are mineral free.

 

[Magnum Man]

I notice the cloudy, when I fill the bigger, mechanically filtered tanks, and that clears after a while, but my 10 gallon shrimp tanks stay cloudy for a longer period of time, just beginning to clear, by the time for the next water change

 

[gwand]

What do you think is making the water cloudy?

 

[Magnum Man]

calcium and iron mostly it's a 100 + year old house... got a mail yesterday, from someone redoing house water, that estimated our well and lines to be 105 years old... I know it's a plastic line coming to the house, so that is unlikely, but the actual hole in the ground could be that old... it's typical southern MN well water... lots of limestone, in our aquifer...

shrimp, and small live bearers have been breeding like crazy...

 

[Magnum Man]

looked up Aquarium Water Clarifiers... there are several... all seem to work by clumping partials together into bigger ones filters will trap... not sure if that would work on dissolved minerals, or if that would really be good for the fish...