Water topic!

[pythontricker]

I change my vote To purified water. I pressed the wrong one.

[stangs13]

I dont like bottled water, I only drink from tap. So that's what my snakes get!

[panthercz]

I use R.O. water since that's what I use for myself and all my other critters.

[Blu Mongoose]

I use purified water for my fish, frogs, toads, lizard, torts, snakes and birds.

[daniel1983]

Most people discussing tap water have little understanding of the EPA regulations concerning the production of drinking water. Bottle water actually has fewer standards governing it's quality due to the fact that bottled water is governed by the FDA. Also, most faculities in the US now have declorination procedures as per the EPA regulations. I believe the maximum clorine levels in drinking water were almost cut in half a few years ago after research proved that concentrations over a certain level increase risk of cancer in humans. Alot of newer faculities (and retrofitted older faculities) are going to UV sterilization these days. Interesting stuff.

Most of your 'purified' water is just tap water that has been run through a few more mineral reducers to get rid of taste. Nothing special.

Funny thing about tap water is that the majority of the contaminants come from the system after it is processed (i.e. soil/groundwater infiltration into broken pipes or you don't clean the green slime out of the inside of your faucets (yep, it is in just about every one ))

I never take the water stuff too seriously......we are keeping reptiles....not fish....unless the water has rat poison in it....we are good to go

[tideguyinva]

same here we use regular tap water, i put a drop or two of the reptisafe water conditioner in it.

[Patrick Long]

Holy hell I was just thinking of doing this today!!!! LOL Not even joking!

[dacalio]

I never take the water stuff too seriously......we are keeping reptiles....not fish....unless the water has rat poison in it....we are good to go

I dunno a lot of people in the rural southeast (A.K.A. farmers)drink unfiltered well water. Now look at the rates of CANCER. Think of all the pestices and fertilizers that slowly seep into the ground. I am not saying that cancer works the same way with reptiles or feeders as humans. But we all know these chemicals are bad and cancer is on the rise.

Reverse osmosis systems are great but they waste twice as much water as they produce. Reverse osmosis was originally developed for desalination. Large ions are filtered out but smaller molecules easily get through the membrane, such as pesticides.

Carbon filtration is another option. This technique actually traps tiny molecules in the microscopic crevices of the carbon matrix.

Just my 2c.