Just Bought A 250l Barrel For Aging Tap Water Options

[goldberg]

Hi everyone,

Decided to age my tap water, just bought a big size barrel ( abt 250 litres )..should I add activated carbon in it to remove chemicals/odours?

Appreciate your kind answers.

[HappyBuddha]

Hi everyone,

Decided to age my tap water, just bought a big size barrel ( abt 250 litres )..should I add activated carbon in it to remove chemicals/odours?

Appreciate your kind answers.

People in Singapore used to age their water so that chlorine can dissipate into thin air overnight. This way there's no need to add anti-chlorine, but I'm not sure if the effort to age the water is worthwhile vs $4 for a bottle of Genesis.

However, now that the garman added Chloramine, it's pointless and a complete waste of time and effort to age water.

You see, Chloramine was added to our tap water because it can't readily dissipate into thin air thereby making our drinking water even safer. Test shows it stays in the water exposed to air up to 2 weeks.

If chloramine cannot dissipitate into thin air, why do you want to age your water? The only advantage I could think of is equalizing the water temp (if your barrel is in the same room as your tank) but goldfish is hardy enough to withstand increase in water temperature of a few degrees.

Can you exchange the barrel for a 250 litres tub?