Warming Water Up

[Qays]

When you do a water change, how do you warm up the water?

Kettle water?

 

[WILDER]

I just run the hot and cold tap, never had any problems.

 

[Qays]

My lfs told me not too do this because it comes from the boiler where some somthings are transferred into the water.

Think i should just add some hot tap water?

 

[WILDER]

Ok, never had any problems myself, but every one to there own devices.

 

[Qays]

Ok, never had any problems myself, but every one to there own devices.

I see. ok thanks for your adivce!

 

[barbiedoll]

I wouldn't add water from the hot tap - has been sitting about in the boiler picking up allsorts of unwanted nasties + copper from the pipes for example.
You wouldn't drink the water from the hot tap so why would you ask your fish to live in it?
I always boil water from the cold tap in the kitchen which is our drinking water supply then mix with cold water from the same tap till the correct temp is reached.

then there is RO water - but I don't do that so you'll have to ask others or use the search.

what are the parameters of your tap water supply like? nitrates? ph?

 

[Neal]

What's wrong with drinking hot tap water? I've done it before!

Neal

 

[barbiedoll]

ok - so you would
I wouldn't and "they" say we shouldn't
and I suppose somone will have had a goldfish that lived in the toilet and smoked 90 a day Capstan Full Strength and never had a day off work in her life..........

 

[Qays]

Ill use kettle water, more reliable.

Just weondering though. Neal, why did you drink hot tap water? lol!

 

[Tolak]

It depends if your hot water supply is heated with a water heater or boiler. Storage depends as well, if it's gravity fed from storage in the attic, it's generally a bad idea.

 

[WILDER]

It's up to you in the end, but i've never had any problems and even had panda corys over a year so if it was bad it would of killed them, but i do use declorinator that removes heavy metals.

 

[Qays]

I have that too, but i dont want too hurt my fish from using tap water, ill see what my lfs says upon next visit!