new to aquaponics

[fish]

Hello. I'm new to aquaponics and thanks for this forum.
My question is where can I get the water for fish.
I'd like to have 800 gallon over for initial use.
Can I use water from lagoon? If so, how to clean?
Can I use tap water? If so, how to clean the chemicals in the water?
Should I buy clean water? If so, where can I get it?

I'm in North California.
Thanks in advance.

[urbanfarmer]

Greetings Earthling, and welcome to the addiction!

[keith_r]

check with your water company to see if they use chlorine, or chloramines.. chlorine will off gas in 24 hours with aeration and flow, chloramine can be a little more problematic, i'd use vitamin c (ascorbic acid) to treat

[fish]

Thank you so much!
I checked the water's quality datasheet. "Chlolamine (as Chlorine)" is 0.9-2.8ppm.
In another forum, someone mentioned 'for up to 3ppm chloramine would be about 1000mg for 30-50 gal'.
I hope this works and doesn't lower the PH.

[bcotton]

It's an acid, it may lower the ph.

My dallas tap water comes out at almost 9, so i welcome php down, though i dont think i have ever seen a significant change.

brian

[fish]

Thank you so much!
It helps me a lot