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.

[Allan]

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...

I don't know if it's really true but it's said that prolong use of activated charcoal will cause hole-in-the-head disease. What's for certain is activated charcoal can absorb essential trace elements from the tap water, of which the quantities is already very small. Many bros here only soak a bag of AC for 15 minutes during water change, in order to pick up some unwanted chemicals and remove some chloramine. Prolong use is never advised.

So as long as you practice frequent water change everything will be fine. Just remove the chlorine additive will do.

But I also have the habit of dosing baking soda to up and stabalize the pH around 8, for both my filtered and green water.

Cheers.