tanzy
Wed Feb 13, 2008, 05:29 AM
I have just started to age my water. I have always just added prime to my water and allowed to sit for about 10 minutes. But I have decided to be kinder to my fishy friends and age the water correctly.
The guy from my LFS told me that a normal black plastic garbage bin is perfect for the purpose. So I went and bought a bin and another pump to aerate the water and a heater to heat the water to the temp of my tanks.
I washed the bin at least 20 times and also scrubbed down with some salt and washed out well again. I added prime to the water and it has been aerating for two days. I went to use the water but it smells the same as the plastic of the bin. I didn't use the water because I was worried that if the water smelt like plastic that it would toxic to the fish.
Is this smell normal and harmless to my fish or should I be using a totally different container to age my water in
Thankyou
Kell
The guy from my LFS told me that a normal black plastic garbage bin is perfect for the purpose. So I went and bought a bin and another pump to aerate the water and a heater to heat the water to the temp of my tanks.
I washed the bin at least 20 times and also scrubbed down with some salt and washed out well again. I added prime to the water and it has been aerating for two days. I went to use the water but it smells the same as the plastic of the bin. I didn't use the water because I was worried that if the water smelt like plastic that it would toxic to the fish.
Is this smell normal and harmless to my fish or should I be using a totally different container to age my water in
Thankyou
Kell