Ringin Frozen Food with Tap ok?

[ralphie16]

This might be going crazy but I am trying to reduce my phosphates and I read that rinzing frost foods is recommended. Can I use regular tap water to rinse? Or will the crap in the tap water stay in the food when I feed it?

[rustybucket145]

toughie! Why not just use a cup of tank water? That should rinse good enough.

[ralphie16]

I thought of that but Im trying to find out the cons of using tap water. Maybe I have to try and defrost some food with tap water and in another cup tank water and then run some test on them. Which tests would be most useful?

[dcombs44]

You could rinse with RO as well just to save yourself the trouble.

[LobsterOfJustice]

Rinsing with tap is fine.

[Waxxiemann]

I've always wondered this as well. I've been tripple soaking mine in RO before I feed.

I usually start with a little RO and 2 or 3 drops of garlic then I move to another small dish or RO and Selcon and finally just a quick dip or 2 in yet another dish of RO.

Needless to say, this is time consuming. I think I'll try to first rinse it really good in tap water and then a soak in RO water w/ the garlic and selcon together.

Thanks.

[tanker]

I have used tap water to rinse frozen food for years. Never had a problem.