Is filtered water off a filter ok?

Question

Like a drinking filter thing which u put under the faucet and water goes in it and goes into th bottom filtered.

Answer 1

You don't want to use a filter. It won't remove chlorine or chloramine, and it will remove a lot of good ingredients that your aquarium needs, like the buffers that keep your pH stable. Just stick with regular tap water and dechlorinator, and only use filtered water or bottled water if you have fish that need very soft water.

Answer 2

If you are asking about using Brita or Pur type filters the answer is YES!!!! They are *NOT* bad for your fish! They will remove any heavy metals, chlorine, fluorine, bacteria, live parasites and cysts from the water. They do *not* significantly reduce levels of beneficial minerals like calcium or magnesium that fish need for health! I've been treating a Malawi Cichlid for parasites that came from using straight tap water and a chlorine treatment product. FWIW the friend that dumped the sick fish on me has now learned that *she* has 'worms' now also and is now also on anti-parasite meds!

On faucet filters by and large use three types of filtration, the first is a simple sediment filter to remove 'rocks', a carbon filter to remove most toxins (just like you use carbon with your tanks) and a resin-ion filter to get what the carbon misses and this also blocks most of the 'critters' that may be in your water.

Go visit any major public aquarium and ask how they treat their water! They use the same type of filtration on a larger scale and NEVER use the chlorine/chloramine destroying chemicals!

Use the filtered water, it's BETTER for your fish

Answer 3

The point of having a filter in your tank is so it can constantly filter out all the crap that the fish give off. The tap filter would be okay to get particles out, not too sure it would take the chlorine out though, or is that was tap filters are for?

Answer 4

That depends on what fish you are keeping. In general no. Most of the things that make tap water taste funny are good for fish. Also the filter will change the pH, and water chemistry of the water. Lastly as the filter is used it become less effective, and the water chemistry changes.

Personally I'd test your tap waters pH, and hardness (7 ppm = 1KH/GH). Then select fish based on your water chemistry. See sites like http://www.liveaquaria.com/

Answer 5

no longer in elementary terms is it ok, it is surely recomended. it is recomended to coach off each little thing on your tank as you alter the water besides. a robust reason to coach the clear out off throughout the time of a transformation is, in case you have sand, the sand could get stirred up, the two via your or your fish, inflicting it to be sucked up via the clear out, and ultimately wrecking your motor. Ryan

Answer 6

well the filter removes some of the heavy metals and other junk that are bad in water, but you need to use water conditioner to remove chlorine and other junk that kills fish

Answer 7

lol i dont think most ppl get htis quesiton

filterd water should be fine it will get hte particles out(it might change the ph and stuff and i dont have that much experience so i would acually go with the other ppl on this part) but i dont htink it will get rid of chorine so add a declorinater or let it sit out 24 hrs and the chorine will rise out of hte wate rin the form of gas

Answer 8

Yes but you still need to add dechlorinator.

Answer 9

I DONT THINK U SHUD USE THAT.............U SHUD ASK URE LOCAL PETSTORE PERSON