Hi All
Not a disease. Water issue. I have set up a water storage, 45 gallon Grey trash can. I fill it with RODI water, it has a heater and an air stone. I have been using equilibrium and mixing tds to about 200 in 5 gallon buckets. I recently added a transfer pump and started mixing in Grey trash can. I also started adding a little well water to get some kh back. It is now testing between 1 and 5 nitrites on test strip. ANY IDEAS?
My well test strip is
PH 7.6 KH 80 GH 300+ nitrites 0 Nitrates 30 TDS 360
My storage tank test strip is
PH 6.8 KH 40 GH 150 nitrites 1-5 Nitrates 10 TDS 150
My RODI PH 6.4 KH 0 Gh 0 nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 TDS 0
My concerns
I used brass fittings on transfer pump. I am using my well water to get KH but I quit using it due to high nitrates likely from orchard pesticides. I tried crushed coral to raise kh very slow process I think. In closing, it helped me to write this out. Also I wish I just put water in the tank and never tested. Ignorance is bliss. In my house this is referred to as my mid life crisis.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far and input is appreciated.
Lester
I'll put some fish tank photos for fun.