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I had been using rainwater for shrimp tanks but we had a dry spell and my tank ran dry for a while. Recently had a couple of decent storms so tank is full again, so used water to top up and had some deaths in my shrimp tank, so started to check all water parameters and found a high reading of Nitrates possibly caused by bird droppings washed into into tank from roof and gutter. Could also be caused from disturbance of sludge in tank with water running into it after a big downpour. Am now considering installing a RO system, i don't seem to be having much luck with these dam CRS.

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Check out Filter Systems Australia(FSA) they are very good & will help you get the right unit for your needs. Shoot me a PM when you're sorted & Ill see what I can do for ya. :victorious:

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I had been using rainwater for shrimp tanks

Just curious, what is your rainwater tank made off, and what is the roof made off that collects the rain?

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Hi jayc. RW tank is poly & over 7yrs old, roofing is colorbond metal and over 38yrs old, water was tested for nitrates etc straight from RW tank before placing into shrimps, reading was about 10ppm+. I have never had this before, i only tested Parameters after i had found dead CRS i can tell you i am totally pissed.

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Thanks Squiggle, i will contact you once i am set up properly, it is so disheartening you feel like giving up when this sort of thing happens. Bugger!crap!(*?*?*) and all them 4letter words like DUCK___________.

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RW tank is poly & over 7yrs old' date=' roofing is colorbond metal and over 38yrs old, water was tested for nitrates etc straight from RW tank before placing into shrimps, reading was about 10ppm+. [/quote']

Poly tank would be ok, but the metal colourbond roofing might have contributed to leaching metals in the water as well.

But since you are exploring the RO route, I guess there is no use testing for metal in the water now.

At least you can reuse the tank for RO water storage. just make sure you remember to flush it out first and wash it.

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