Water storage

[Matuva]

Howdy all;

Hope you had a nice Chrsitmast eve, and taht Santa brought you lots of joy ;)

Few weeks ago, I went in the wild, in the south of the island for collecting wild aquatic ferns. I took this opportunity to grab some jerrycans of this "wild" water with interesting parameters - KH : 0, TDS : 50 etc... - to prepare a tank for Crystal reds and white bees.
The tank is a success, and the shrimps I received and put in are very active and grow well. I can even see 2 white bees preparing very nice saddles ^^.

As the place where I collected ferns and water is around a 1h30 drive, I can't go as I want to I use rain water for water changes or top up, or tap water when nothing more is left.

I will probably go for another trip to this wild area, and was wondering if I can collect and store water from that place, or if it is not worth it? Any special care to store "wild water"?

[jayc]

I think collecting & storing rainwater would be easier for you. 

Just divert it from your gutters into a plastic storage drum.

[Matuva]

I was watching this flood of rain water coming from gutters last time. Rainy days are coming, and I was thinking about that... Though, I was also suspicious about the quality, as the water would come from the roof.

Or may be, should I collect water from the gutters after few hours? once the rain have washed the roof?

Edited December 25, 2016 by Matuva

[jayc]

1 hour ago, Matuva said:

should I collect water from the guts after few hours? once the rain have washed the roof?

Yes do that. But after 15 minutes of heavy rain should be fine.

t forget you still have to remineralise the water like you would RO water.

[Matuva]

Ok will do. Heavy rains on schedule for tomorrow evening according to weather broadcast ;)

 

[jayc]

What storage containers do you have?

Plastic is preferable so it doesn't leech metals.

[Matuva]

Yes, plastic ones, 4 x 20l plastic containers.

Though, I saw some green algae on the walls of 2 containers. That will be a funny game to clean through the filling hole