RO/DI versus my well water

[Spiderweb]

I currently am using straight RO/DI water for my aquariums, but am thinking about switching to tap water from my well. I do have a water softener, but after reading about recommendations, I will bypass that. I can use Kitchen cold water and have a 30 gallon container that I can store it in until it is room temp.

My well/tap water parameters are:

PH 7.2
KH 120
GH 180
Nitrite 10
Nitrate 0
Chlorine 0
Ammonia 0

If this water is acceptable, I could gradually change over through 10% water changes

Tanks are planted with substrate bottoms (2 1/2"), undergravel filters and cannister filters.

I am pretty new at this and currently have 2 - 75 gallon tanks, described above, 1 -2o gallon tank, bare bottom with a bubble filter and a breeding pair. 1 10 gallon bb with bubble filter for grow out and 1 10 gallon with a undergravel filter for quarantine.

Any comments would be appreciated regarding any and all aspects.

Thanks in advance.

[Second Hand Pat]

Hi Larry, does your well ph change with aging the water? My well water has a ph out of tap of 7.4 but with aging it changes to 8.2 over 4 hours. I age all my water even RO.
Pat

[Spiderweb]

Thanks, Pat

I do age my RO water at least 24 hours, but never have pulled tap water to check. I will do that. One concern I didn't note before was that my rodi water does come from a water softener, but I assume the unit filters out all the sodium chloride since my TDS runs at 0.

[LizStreithorst]

I'm concerned about the nitrite reading of 10. It should be 0.

[Spiderweb]

Thanks for the tip Pat. Aged my tap water for 16 hours and it only changed fro 7.2 to 7.4.

[Spiderweb]

Thank you Liz, for pointing this out. I rechecked and had made a mistake on the readings. Nitrites are 0, nitrates are 5 to 10. With that being said, do you think the well/tap water would have acceptable parameters for changing over, and would the Discus thrive in those conditions?

[LizStreithorst]

Yes. But if you have a pH swing of .4 or more you will have to age your tap water.

[Spiderweb]

Thank You!