What is mature water?

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This term seems to be popping up more frequently. What exactly constitutes water being mature? Who made up this nonsense, and how does old water benefit a tank?
Its got to the point where i've even seen people selling mature water?!?
 
I was also wondering. I would assume people mean stable rather than mature. Stable as in water parameters. But I'm not sure though, maybe someone can clarify.
 
So you mean there is a market for the 60L i just chucked out from a water change?
Considering the nonsense of running slightly elevated NO3 which apparently makes corals happier, do i get more if i sell water with 2.345 ppm of nitrate?
And I have a healthy population of pods and quite a few get sucked up when doing a water change, does this get me an even better price?
At this rate, i might even be able to afford throwing R700 at a 2cm milka coral frag.
Crazy..
 
I also dont get it, water is water. Parameters of new water are just as stable as old water.
The amount of bacteria in the water column compared to the substrate is also negligible.
 
Really doesn't make sense at all. I use NSW so must be the most mature of all... recon a few million years at the least..lol..
 
Stability is reached once carbon dioxide / oxygen equilibrium is reached, in a well aerated mix, usually within a few hours.
Mature might refer to water from a mature system?
Potentially Slightly deficient in things we dont measure anyway, slightly elevated in things we dont want and has some bacteria drifting around in it too?
 
New french oak or american?
 
I confess, I used that term today I didn't know any better, when I got the tank last week I was told I needed to use that water in it because it was "mature" water. Needless too say, now I feel rather silly and know better after reading this thread. Sorry guys and thanks for clearing that up
 
It is an odd term . We are always told that water changes are good ... why get rid of your mature water ? The term somehow implies mature water is good. Even the term mature tank.

The tanks that are in good shape are so because the owner took the time to get it right not by the elapse of time . Let it slip a few weeks and it will look terrible again.
 
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Nope, dont feel silly. The term might be inappropriately applied, but you were given the right advice.
To minimize / avoid a mini cycle, pH and other swings, using 60% + of water which was in tank goes a long way.
The correct term is a mature system.
 
no such thing as mature water there is such a thing known as a mature system.. the water is a byproduct of a systems maturity
 
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