River Water/ Live Soil. (Living Water?)

Aloha9808

Aloha9808

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Using river water ok with Ocean Forest?

It's tropical and not contaminated.

Looking at the quality I'm sure it's considered a living solution to tap water.


I was told Living Soil can balance PH. I wouldn't bet that with Tap tho.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Aloha9808 said:
Using river water ok with Ocean Forest?

It's tropical and not contaminated.

Looking at the quality I'm sure it's considered a living solution to tap water.


I was told Living Soil can balance PH. I wouldn't bet that with Tap tho.
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Nothing wrong with most tap water. How is the tap water? Does it taste good? If it's in the city you should be able to find a water report online. Living soil will balance decent tap water too.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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Aloha9808 said:
Using river water ok with Ocean Forest?

It's tropical and not contaminated.

Looking at the quality I'm sure it's considered a living solution to tap water.


I was told Living Soil can balance PH. I wouldn't bet that with Tap tho.
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And nature failed where. A pot is not nature if exploited.
 
Johiem

Johiem

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Oklahoma water SUCKS! Tap or river, you can smell the chlorine, and see crap settle in just a glass. At least here in Stilly.
 
Lil Czr

Lil Czr

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Your main problem when bringing in things from outside is introducing blights and pests to you grow space.

Just something to consider.
 
hillbill

hillbill

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I’ve used river water from a dam tailwater which is cold and clear all the way to 90* lake water and lots of livewell water. No trouble bringing things in but I am super cautious about outside stuff in my mixes.
 
Aloha9808

Aloha9808

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PadawanWarrior said:
Nothing wrong with most tap water. How is the tap water? Does it taste good? If it's in the city you should be able to find a water report online. Living soil will balance decent tap water too.
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Good to know I have more faith in Tap. But think I'll just fill reverse osmosis 20 gallon tank. But how long can water in Sun UV radiation- Last!?
 
Aloha9808

Aloha9808

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Lil Czr said:
Your main problem when bringing in things from outside is introducing blights and pests to you grow space.

Just something to consider.
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Great point. Plus I think we have flesh eating bacteria. Oahus gettos are notorious for polluted water.

People pollute.
 
myke

myke

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Doesn’t take long for my rain water to go funky. You can add some bleach to it if it’s sitting for awhile.
 
Aloha9808

Aloha9808

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Johiem said:
Oklahoma water SUCKS! Tap or river, you can smell the chlorine, and see crap settle in just a glass. At least here in Stilly.
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That's sick. I had American Bulldogs and I think the strain of Dog came from Oklahoma.

That's a little off topic.

Think we just might experiment with the river (with a few starters).

The river water fluctuates in quality.
 
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