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Removing hydrogen sulfide from well water


Moontanman

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I am trying to start back up my aquarium fish collecting and breeding business. One obstacle is the well water I have to use. Raw it is full of iron sulfates and hydrogen sulfide, and other noxious chemicals. If the raw well water is left to sit it goes from a being a thick green to being red orange and red orange mud settles onto the bottom. Once I run it through water a softener system it comes out clear and very soft but still full of hydrogen sulfide and almost totally anoxic. I need to be able to remove the H2S and add oxygen. I have thought of using H2O2 to add oxygen but will this also remove the H2S?

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Did you google it already?

 

I'm no expert in this particular separation, but it seems that commercial applications exist for exactly the case you're dealing with: H2S removal from well water.

 

Removal of H2S with air (simply stripping it - making the H2S evaporate into the air) will require a lot of air. A lot more than you need to add oxygen for the fish.

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