Topped off with honey and water, is this ok?

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I just racked my 1 gallon show mead from my primary bucket to my secondary carboy. I added a mixture of honey water (roughly one part honey to three parts water) so it wouldn't affect the flavor too much. Is this going to restart fermentation or should I be ok? If it does, am I looking at having rocket fuel when its done?
 
If you havent added anything to kill the yeast, fermentation will consume all the honey you put in. no big deal, you'll just get a little higher alcohol %. if you are looking to backsweeten, make sure you kill the yeast first.
 
A little higher alcohol is no problem, I just wanted to top up and not use too much water. And I'm not looking to backsweeten, so thats not a problem either. Thanks for your input.
 

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