Water: Distilled vs purified vs everything else

[Curb71]

trial and error - I've found the best thing for tadpoles is brita water with amquil mixed in (10 drops per gallon of water) and mix it good and let it sit for a day or at least over night before using it. everytime I did that method I had no problems. everytime I tried something different I would loose some tadpoles.
got 5 toadlets now and they all prefer Brita water

[JoyAlbertMancini]

I just noticed someone mentioned leaving tap water out to stand or age for a few days. Does that work? I mean does it reduce the chemicals in the water?i live in belfast and our tap water is not soo good, even if we drink it we can taste a lot of chlorine kind of taste in it! At the minute im using bottled water, but because i have tetras and guppies and bettas i have tetra aquasafe hanging around so maybe the best thing is to treat frogs like fish when it comes to water! Also what does boiling the water actually do to it in terms of chemicals, if anything at all??

Joy

[John]

That only works if your water is only treated with chlorine. If it's treated with ammonia too then leaving it out to stand won't be as effective.

[JoyAlbertMancini]

Thanks john, would it matter if it was aquasafe for goldfish or aquasafe for tropical fish?