Hi all,
Was thinking again ( bad Habit I have). One of the main problems we have in the hobby is just water...not enough water, sub optimal parameters, well water, city water, expensive water...etc. Lets face it , Discus do best in clean water (uh DUH>>> no brainer there), but not all water is equal as far as fish keeping goes and as far Discus Keeping and breeding.
Now we all know that as Discus Keepers your number one factor when you are looking for a place to live is the water.. the other stuff is just not as important.
So how do you figure out where to live if you wanted the best water possible for raising discus and breeding them without using r/o DI, fancy filters etc.. you have no way ...until NOW... Drum Roll please.
Why not a locational database of water parameters.... you post your profiles of your water and various factors like water cost, electricity, heating costs etc....and we build a database... that way the next time you get offered a job in one of several locations or win the lottery, you can choose the best place... who knows the data may even help people find the overall best place to start a commercial hatchery. Water varies so much that maybe the next town or two over from you is better than yours.
Is it feasible? what kind of factors would we need information on and what sources of information can we tap into, like muncipal water reports, cost of living reports etc.
Is it Doable? I think it might be. Its mental exercise I know.. but would be pretty cool.
-al