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.

[goldberg]

Hi all,

Glad to read the many diverse advice given on the pros and cons of aging water. I personally didn't think aging water was necessary, what with the many brands of water conditioners availabe.

Perhaps I should rephrase it...not water aging but water pre-treatment . Yes, basically, I am going for the clean water system for goldfish keeping ( and I welcome members here who are doing it to advise )...ie I will be pre-treating my tap water in the container with activated carbon...water replacement will be 50% to 100%, depending on the bio-load, on a daily basis. Reason being that my water filtration now is very simple, after having encountered much bacteria problems with using canister filters, I changed completely to a simple sponge filtration last month, and you know what, my fishes has never fallen sick so far..no more ulcers, fungus, etc.

I realised too this means a very heavy workload , and I'm really thinking of designing a system to automate this....iewith preset timer controlled auto pumping and draining of the tanks. Any members who has the expertise, pls also share with us...Thks!!