OK I'm officially back and man do I need help!

We moved last year and ran into so many problems with my new setup but ironed most of the kinks out. As usual with a new setup and strain there is a learning curve as you relize mistakes and stabilize the problem. I have narrowed it down and have discoved it to be the water.

So I'll tell you everything I know about my water source. It's well water, we live near a large lake that isn't the healthiest, but not biohazardous yet. The pH is at about 8-8.2. Using pool test strips my base ppm reading of my water is 500. I know there is an excess of Mg through an earlier observation.

Before I go into more details What I am looking for is a solution to my water problem, rain water is an obvious choice and a project that will get underway very soon. But while I wait for mother nature I need to know if there are any methods I can use to purify my water that won't harm my plants. We do have a water softener but we've already seen what the salty water does to my plants(oops).

I'm off to some major research, I will be back to create a more complete pictures, but will be on most of the night to answer any questions.
Chronic Chrissy Reviewed by Chronic Chrissy on . Lockout- Hard water, rain water, choices! OK I'm officially back and man do I need help! We moved last year and ran into so many problems with my new setup but ironed most of the kinks out. As usual with a new setup and strain there is a learning curve as you relize mistakes and stabilize the problem. I have narrowed it down and have discoved it to be the water. So I'll tell you everything I know about my water source. It's well water, we live near a large lake that isn't the healthiest, but not biohazardous yet. The pH is at Rating: 5