Help me read my water report please.

I received a 2006 Consumer Confidence Report for Huntington Beach CA, and essentialy it is the water testing reports. It has all kinds of numbers relating to water quality.

My question is, what should I be looking for to determine if my local water is good or bad for my tank. Here are some of the values that I though might be helpful. Maybe you guys could tell me what else is important.

Nitrate as NO3 - 2 ppm
Nitrate + Nitrite - <0.4 ppm
PH - 8.1 (units)
Calcium - 71 ppm
Hardness - 251 ppm
Hardness - 15 grains/gal
Alkilinity - 154 ppm

Ther are probably 50 other measurments included. Tell me what you think.

 

Calcium should be 350 -400 ppm looks like the rest is fine

 

Those other 50 measurements could be silicates, phosphates, arsenic, lead, copper, iron, cyanide, flouride, manganese etc. etc. Your best bet is to invest in an r.o. unit and avoid using straight tap water.

 

I would try to get the pH up to 8.3 Although it is not that large a difference, some corals can be sensitive to it. One example is Xenia. They will not pulse with a low pH.

 

I believe this is his tap water readings not his tank water.

 

I agree I would invest in a RO/Di unit John

 

Wow, those are some high readings for tap water. 8.1 ph and a bunch of other junk?

+1 on RODI

 

I tested my tap water and these are the readings I got:
Nitrate - 10-15 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
PH - 7.2
Sg - 1.002