Qns: Rain water for new set up tank

[Sky_Walker]

possiable to set up a new tank with all rain water, without salt, anti chlorine anythink just rain water for keeping crs?? with soil use or new~
able to do this ?? & always change with rain water too??

[shanexu]

CRS are sensitive to water conditions.

i won't suggest using rain water. the main reason is that there might be pollutants in the water, and that they might have acidic pH.

i won't suggest keeping CRS with rain water. i really think treated tap water might be a much safer option

[simplydiscus]

never believe it is impossible . . . . . worth the try

even arowana breed in the open

[tdijack]

I had tried on my cherry shrimp, looks ok to me, although on and off some old shrimp dead off...the young one is ok.

[Sky_Walker]

hmmm...wat i know my friend even use direct tap water to arowana tank... think i will not try on crs... maybe can take a risk on cherry... tdijack im curious...u using all rainwater or there is a max of tap water?

[Fuzzy]

never believe it is impossible . . . . . worth the try

even arowana breed in the open

Arowana don't breed and they most probably won't even survive in a "pond" 3 - 5 feet large, filled with rainwater from a city area.

[louislkl]

Wo0oo0o0 ... Using rainwater to setup a tank .... Very creative idea ... Thumbs up for you bro ...

I agree with that worth a try but not with high Grades CRS ... if not you will have a heartache when it doesn't work out man ...

I believe wild caught livestock might work on Rainwater but the only thing is its really hard to control the water parameter if you were to just top rainwater everyday ... For my knowledge , some wild caught fishes like apisto gamma , they live on hillside rivers ... once heavy rains falls , the PH will go very low and the temp will decrease suddenly too ... thats when they starts to breed like nobody's business ... wahaha ....

Good luck in your experiment bro ... please do keep us update on the results man ....