Water top up.

[ndw]

I have a small 10g tank and every day or 2 the water goes down to the minimum level for the filter. I have to keep making up water and adding the dechlorinator. Is it safe to make a ready made bottle and leave it so I don't have to keep making more up.

 

[coralbandit]

It is not only safe but better to prepare your water IMO.

 

[ndw]

So I could make up say a gallon bottle with dechlorinator in and leave somewhere in the house for when needed?

 

[coralbandit]

Yes.
Just let other crap get in it.
Keep a lid(cap) on in.

 

[ndw]

Ok Cheers

 

[cgthebeast]

Make sure it's a good safe bottle, not one that held soap or anything before


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[BillD]

I would add water directly from the tap. The quantity isn't enough to be concerned about adding dechlor.

 

[Coyne]

Whether or not that much untreated tap water will affect this fish could be up for debate, though I feel that at a minimum there would be health issues in the long term.
In the short term, however, you would run a high risk of it killing off the BB in the bio-filter, causing the cycle to crash. After all, the reason the chlorine is in the water in the first place is to kill off bacteria and other microbes.

When I was a kid we used to fill used milk jugs with tap water and let them sit uncapped in a window sill. After a day or two the chlorine would gas off on its own without needing treatment.
Today's water treatment does more than take care of chlorine though. It also makes the heavy metals that might be in the water safer for fish.


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[Mar23]

I have a nice jug from Tropicana juice filled with prepared water. I use it for top offs. I like it better than a milk jug because it has a nice lid that you snap open and a spout that controls the flow better. When you do a water change, just prepare extra water and put it in the jug. It's not that much extra effort. No reason to use tap water.


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