microwaving water

sotvotkong · 01-15-2008, 01:10 PM

hey i know its been posted by me before but i didnt get to see it before we got hacked.

so can you microwave ro/di water and not alter its properties?

this is to speed up heating the water for tankchanges because i keep mine in the garage and its about 35f out there. it takes literally forever for a aquarium heater to heat it to 78f. expecially if your waiting for it to heat up.

unclejed · 01-15-2008, 03:58 PM

I guess the logical question would be; "Why are you keeping it there"? No basement or somewhere in the house, like a closet?

dawgfan1 · 01-15-2008, 06:24 PM

Uncle Jed is right on the money. I replied to you before the original post was wiped out, seems like the problem would be dealing with the volume of water needed to do a water change, would be a pain in the you know what, unless it is for a nano tank, I wouldn't want the mess and hassle of microwaving 5 -10 gallons of salty R/O water everyweek at my house, wife would beat me senseless.

pmorris · 01-15-2008, 07:14 PM

Don't think I would do it either but it shouldn't alter it at all since most of the impurities are removed and you not adding anything....

Another suggestion would be to have a 5 gal bucket or 2 and fill them a couple of days before water change/addition so that it would be at least room temp....

sotvotkong · 01-16-2008, 12:56 AM

i have a container that holds a gallon and fits in the microwave. i dont need much more than that every other day. and if i dont have to keep 1 5g downstairs then im happier. theres no room for it. it just sits infront of the tank. so why not just keep it outside with the rest of the water? if i can microwave 1g and add it to 2g and get my temp im ok with that and having to haul it back outside when im done. the point is i dont have it sitting infront of the tank all the time. because i constanly have to heat it and reheat the next batch ect. so it never disapears.

unclejed · 01-16-2008, 11:57 AM

Well, you lost me! Sounds like you are bent on doing what you're doing so if it makes you happy hey, go for it.

alexfevery · 01-16-2008, 08:48 PM

Im not sure, but I do know that microwaved water tastes different than stove heated water.

sotvotkong · 01-18-2008, 02:12 PM

come on hasnt any1 ever done this?? im about ready to microwave some water and take it to the lfs and put it in one of there tanks to see if stuff dies from it. who knows i may break down and do it to my tank. without knowing the results.

gm333 · 01-18-2008, 04:23 PM

I have no clue on heating water in microwave, my guess is it wont hurt. You could always put a heater in your bin in your garage, this is how I keep my water out there warm.

jmv · 01-19-2008, 03:51 PM

okay, im pretty new to this , but i have put water in the microwave, it does not seem to have any adverse affect, then again, i just added my first fish like 3 days ago, and have not done it since, but i was planning on doing it again,the starfish that came in my live rock did not seem to mind though, and the test result's were good, so i hope it's ok.(hope that helped somehow)