Removing hydrogen sulfide from well water

[Moontanman]

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?

[hermanntrude]

surely the easiest way to add oxygen is simply to bubble some through it.

 

not sure about H2S removal, but i bet there are some in the forum who'll know.

[John Cuthber]

Bubble air through it. Some of the H2S will be oxidised, some just driven out of solution.

Just make sure to check it's clean before you poison any fish.

[CaptainPanic]

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.