recycled water

Subject: recycled water Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm

ah earth day and ive been meanin to ask this for a while.first off my water from water changes can go into the garden right? i mean christ its gotta be cleaner than the rain in chicago or milwaukee. also anyone know of a way or anything that i can recycle lots of water. like when i do a 25% change on the 135 thats a shitton of water being flushed. is there a way to filter out the nitrites/amonia/etc and reuse it in a tank? at first this was a cost issue but now im seeing it more for mama earth.i hate throwin that away. i know its a drop in the bucket like all the rednecks i work with say but i wanna do what i can to leave my little man a decent planet to live on.

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Subject: Re: recycled water Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:17 pm

Watering your garden with the tank water is fine, lot of people do it. The water changes are to keep the nitrate levels down and at a safe level for your fish. The plants in your garden will absorb the nitrate in the tank water and this will help them grow.

I'm sure there are ways to filter the water, but I'm sure the plants in the garden would rather have it.

Subject: Re: recycled water Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:17 pm

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Subject: Re: recycled water Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:31 pm

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Subject: Re: recycled water Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:58 pm

I reuse my tank water for plants. I think it works great!!!

Subject: Re: recycled water Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:23 am

Waste water makes great fertilizer for house and garden plants. I give bottles of it to a few friends for their plants.

Subject: Re: recycled water Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:38 am

I'm going to have to try it!

eltrut it sounds better on a 7"

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Yep. I use my water changes on plants here too. House plants and the garden.

The fish farm has a hydroponic set up for plants that one of the guys there built, and in the summer they irrigate the farm next door.

I'm sure there's some more ways to recycle water but plants seem to be the biggie.

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