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[woodsy]

I moved to chidlow about 2 years ago and moved my 6x2x2 about 6 months later with the help of a mate, we filled the tank let it warm added the fish and within 5 minutes they all went belly up, it turns out that the horrible smell from the water was extremly high levels of ammonia and ive been told by the local fish shop that im not the first to get caught, but its still no excuse on my part, lesson learnt (always test the water first) but please spread the word to anyone you now that is moving to the hills or setting up a new tank, i now use rain water for my water changes
Woodsy

one of the deseased

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[Matt_1]

A shame.

I read an article recently that they discovered some illegally dumped toxic waste near one of the catchments or something.

[woodsy]

A shame.

I read an article recently that they discovered some illegally dumped toxic waste near one of the catchments or something.

wher was the article so i can read it, i shower in it and more importantly i bath my little boy in it

[Matt_1]

It was in the west Australian earlier this week, tucked away somewhere. I'll see if I can dig through the papers in the morning. Basically the gist of it was they found a bundle of drums found dumped that they suspected of containing toxic waste and possibly leaking into the mundaring catchment area if I recall. Perhaps someone else read the article can shed some light?

CHeers,
Matt

[woodsy]

It was in the west Australian earlier this week, tucked away somewhere. I'll see if I can dig through the papers in the morning. Basically the gist of it was they found a bundle of drums found dumped that they suspected of containing toxic waste and possibly leaking into the mundaring catchment area if I recall. Perhaps someone else read the article can shed some light?

CHeers,
Matt

ah ok , mundaring wier doesnt send water to anywhere but the gold fields, im not sure where chidlow gets its water from but i know its treated near coongamere (near midland) apparently its safe for people to drink, i wont drink it my dog wont drink it and it apparently does the same to people on diallisis as it does to fish, yaeh safe as houses

[Chaddy]

Great. I live in the goldfields

[woodsy]

Great. I live in the goldfields

my misses said she read the article and it just said they were unidentified drums so hopefully its ok, but that kind of thing realy ticks me off, i go for a ride through the bush in chidlow and see piles of rubbish ( the chidlow tip is free) they obviously cant wait till it opens to dump there crap

[Matt_1]

It's the same everywhere. You'll see piles of rubbish 10m from a bin.

[Mr_docfish]

The water from Mundaring weir heads out towards the goldfields, where at regular intervals it is stored and pumped to the next storage area, and so on, to ensure supply to the goldfields in case there is a problem with one or more pumps on the line....at the first storage area (Northam) the ammonia is added to the water to combine with the chlorine to form chloramine. Some of it is then pumped back to Sawyers Valley where there is another holding station and from there it is spread to the surrounding areas of Mundaring...
The ammonia levels can fluctuate considerably, so you will have to look at getting a tap water conditioner that can handle the chloramine..... Ask Aaron (Az) at Midland Pets to advise what will be suitable for you and the fish you keep.