Snowy days..

Hi..

Last weekend we had 15-20cm snow and I was able to collect
400 litre water! So I made an extra water change. My
fishes seem to love it. :-)

What are your experiences with snow water?
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"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message
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Hi..

Last weekend we had 15-20cm snow and I was able to collect
400 litre water! So I made an extra water change. My
fishes seem to love it. :-)

What are your experiences with snow water?
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I think you'd be putting a lot of pollution in your tanks unless you lived
many miles from any city or industrial areas. Even then the pollution blows
many miles away. Look at the problems with acid rain in the NE USA.
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Hi..

What are your experiences with snow water?
I think you'd be putting a lot of pollution in your tanks
unless you lived many miles from any city or industrial
areas. Even then the pollution blows many miles away.
Look at the problems with acid rain in the NE USA.

You're right and this is why I'm used to treat both (rain
water and snow water) with carbon and peat. Never had any
problems. In Sweden I think they have (had?) acid rain
problems, too. Problematic is the use of summery
thunderbolt water.

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cu
Marco

In article ,
Marco Schwarz wrote:
Hi..

Last weekend we had 15-20cm snow and I was able to collect
400 litre water! So I made an extra water change. My
fishes seem to love it. :-)

What are your experiences with snow water?

It's ok once you filter it through carbon. There's a black surface
scum on itwhen I melt it and I live where there's clean air
far awy from any city. Even the arctic has junk in the air now.

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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 03:54:02 +0000 (UTC), (Richard
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In article ,
Marco Schwarz wrote:
Hi..

Last weekend we had 15-20cm snow and I was able to collect
400 litre water! So I made an extra water change. My
fishes seem to love it. :-)

What are your experiences with snow water?

It's ok once you filter it through carbon. There's a black surface
scum on itwhen I melt it and I live where there's clean air
far awy from any city. Even the arctic has junk in the air now.

I live in the wide open spaces of Maine, near the beautiful Acadia
National Park. Acadia holds the distinction of having the most ozone
of all the national parks, and we go for periods in the summer when
people are cautioned to stay indoors if they are prone to respiratory
problems. Our rain carries pollutants from coal plants and industrial
centers a thousand miles away. The state issues a list as long as your
arm about what fish from what streams and lakes are unsafe to eat.
Like Richard above, even in clean air country, there's no telling what
is falling from the sky along with the snow or rain.

-- Mister Gardener

Hi..

What are your experiences with snow water?
It's ok once you filter it through carbon.

Yes, I do. And especially rain water through peat (ion
exchanger) for removing metal ions from roof, eaves gutter
and downspout.

There's a black
surface scum on itwhen I melt it and I live where there's
clean air far awy from any city. Even the arctic has junk
in the air now.

That's true and sometimes I'm a little bit worried about the
future of mankind..

Thanks.

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cu
Marco

Hi..

I live in the wide open spaces of Maine, near the
beautiful Acadia National Park.

In the EU I think acid rain was the main problem of the 70s
and early 80s. Newer stricter emission laws had forced the
power stations to use efficiently working filter systems.
Hmm.., and sorry, related to international environment(al)
protection standards I can hardly understand the
environmental policy of your country..

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cu
Marco

"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message
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Hi..

I live in the wide open spaces of Maine, near the
beautiful Acadia National Park.

In the EU I think acid rain was the main problem of the 70s
and early 80s. Newer stricter emission laws had forced the
power stations to use efficiently working filter systems.
Hmm.., and sorry, related to international environment(al)
protection standards I can hardly understand the
environmental policy of your country..


....What environmental policy..?

;-)

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On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:47:47 +0100, Marco Schwarz
wrote:

Hi..

I live in the wide open spaces of Maine, near the
beautiful Acadia National Park.

In the EU I think acid rain was the main problem of the 70s
and early 80s. Newer stricter emission laws had forced the
power stations to use efficiently working filter systems.
Hmm.., and sorry, related to international environment(al)
protection standards I can hardly understand the
environmental policy of your country..

Environmentalists say we've regressed about 40 years in the clean
air, water, and soil department. Our previous president will be
remembered for his dirty mind, our current guy will be remembered for
his dirty policies. Dirty jokes are a lot more fun than dirty water. A
little off topic, but not really. Our fish are suffering more than we
are from habitat abuse and destruction. They have no place to run. We,
on the other hand, can jump into our monster SUVs and roar away to the
next watering hole.

-- Mister Gardener

"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message
...
Hi..

I live in the wide open spaces of Maine, near the
beautiful Acadia National Park.

In the EU I think acid rain was the main problem of the 70s
and early 80s. Newer stricter emission laws had forced the
power stations to use efficiently working filter systems.
Hmm.., and sorry, related to international environment(al)
protection standards I can hardly understand the
environmental policy of your country..
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Here in the USA $$$-MONEY-$$$ rules. It's that bottom line that counts.
Few in power care about the environment.

I've been using wet weather spring water to do some of my pond water changes
since it's free. I've been doing this since 1995. This spring only runs
in the spring and fall when we get heavy rains. I let it run at least 2
hours before turning on the pumps. I think I'm going to stop that practice
as I've noticed algae blooms after some of these changes in the past few
years. And after one change late last summer I notice the koi in one of my
ponds had become much less active, ate less and even the turtle was affected
and it stopped eating. These are my best butterfly koi and I'm concerned.
The other fish are becoming active on these warm days but not these
butterfly koi, so something is wrong. I removed all the spring water before
the cold weather and replaced it with tap water but that didn't help.....
I don't know what the problem is or what could have been in that one water
change last year.
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