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The number one factor that matters for this is the mineral content of the water source. If you are somewhere like Portland, or have a lot of rain you can harvest to fill a pond, then there's little problem with it. If you are filling the pond from a well or tap water over 100 tds, then its probably doomed to fail. As said the fish don't produce enough waste to be a problem, and using low mineral/no mineral water isn't a problem because the peat moss will help keep the PH stable for the fish. Some fish definitely don't appreciate soft water, but there are plenty that will work.
Plants use up the calcium and potassium. They will also eat the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and the copper and other stuff. The aquatic plants I mean not the flytraps and pitchers lol. Algae, moss and column feeders rather than root feeders in the water are really good for softening the water and making it more acidic. You can always test the mineral content before using the water for your other plants. My aquarium water works great and my tap water is too hard. It depends on how well established your ecosystem is and what you add to it.
Thanks for the video! I try this year to put some carnivour plants il my natural swimming pond after learned that some of them was hardy about -10 °c. Very happy to see that's work 😊
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This video is talking about using pond water since the plants are growing in the pond. But if you're not doing that, then use distilled water, reverse osmosis water, or rain water.
you treat water for fishtanks with water conditioner, it removes heavy metals also if you leave a cup of water out for 24 hours apparently the bad shit evaporates then you can water sensitive plants (venus fly trap, bamboo, ect) so id assume same deal with the fishtank
try certain bacteria as they naturally secrete a chemical that kills the larve and no it is not toxic to humans besides aquatic organisms tend to be a bit more susceptible to poison bad PH and pathogens so even just putting in a small amount of isopropanol that would evaporate the next day could work but not if you intend to keep plants and fish alive anyway if you have some irrational fear of chemicals with complex or long names just remember you are literally made of them
Bogs don't have fishes, maybe some killi in some bigger hole but thats all. And the plants live in soft water wirh nearly zero minerals. While even fish who live in soft acidic water need some minerals.
@@thombaz come to Florida where these plants grow wild on the edge of 20 acre cypress dome swamps with bass, bream gators and snakes and a whole ecosystem living right up on them they should be fine
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