Boiling water in water changes...

[Marcus Fox]

Just wondering, is it OK to add water heated/boiled in a kettle/saucepan to
cold water to match temperature for a water change?

Marcus

[Billy]

"Marcus Fox" > wrote
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| Just wondering, is it OK to add water heated/boiled in a
kettle/saucepan to
| cold water to match temperature for a water change?
|
| Marcus
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|

I did some reserarch on this a few months back, and could find no
references to it being dangerous aside from not adding boiling water
*directly* to the tank with livestock.

[James Mitchell]

I did this all last winter. I used a plastic trash bucket which holds about
8-9 gallons and mixed the boiling water with cold tap water to get
approximately the right temperature. I then added the dechlor. Make sure
the kettle/saucepan is thoroughly rinced to avoid possible soap
contamination. Better yet, use a dedicated one.

Jim


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> Just wondering, is it OK to add water heated/boiled in a kettle/saucepan
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> cold water to match temperature for a water change?
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[Peter Ashby]

Marcus Fox > wrote:

> Just wondering, is it OK to add water heated/boiled in a kettle/saucepan to
> cold water to match temperature for a water change?

Bearing in mind that boiling can reduce carbonate hardness so if you
want hard water and use a high proportion you would make it softer.

Peter

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