Hi

Currently I use rain water for my amphibs that is collected from my shed roof - however I was thinking of changing to the bottled spring water and everybody seems to suggest using 17p bottles from Tescos.

My question is which brand is this (name) or what should i be looking out for if I were to buy spring water from another chain of supermarket (I assume that it is the chlorides in the water but I have no idea what is too much when I look at the breakdown of minerals on the back).

Would like to hear from someone who knows what I should be avoiding before choosing/using spring water with my amphibs?

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personally i wouldnt bother, i use aquavite (exoterra water conditioner) for the water for all my herps and its so much easier.

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Whites Tree Frogs, Litorea caerulea
Crested Geckos, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Mossy Geckos, Rhacodactylus chahoua
Golden Retriever
4ft Tropical Community tank
2 tier mixed Koi pond

i would say it there value water but not sure i use evian bottled water for all my reptiles and frogs.

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Yeah collecting rain water is not a good idea, by the time the water has hit your roof it has a lot more nasty chemicals in it from pollution than tap water.

For some reason i don't trust water purifiers.

i use bottled water.

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My Balls ... Your Face

Tesco's water is just as it says. Tesco's water, just cheap bottles of water. You don't have to go to Tesco, Asda have their smart price water and all the other shops will as well.

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Thanks for the replies

I know that all spring waters have different levels of the various chemicals, and I just wanted to make sure that I didn't use a brand of water that still had dangerous amounts of chemicals (for amphibians) in it. The breakdown of the mineral content is not on the website here so if anybody can tell me what to look out for that would be great (for example not greater than 3.5mg of Chloride etc etc).

Tesco Value Still Water 2 Litre Bottle product information - Tesco.com

Sorry to go on about it but I just want to get it right and give my animals the optimum water.

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I use tap water, my reptiles aren't snobs LOL.



Erm yeah, that was a joke.

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Brat, the reason you cant use straight tapwater as it had chlorine and chlorides added to it which are harmful to amphibians (and reptiles i believe to a lesser extent) over time. you need to get a water conditioner

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Whites Tree Frogs, Litorea caerulea
Crested Geckos, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Mossy Geckos, Rhacodactylus chahoua
Golden Retriever
4ft Tropical Community tank
2 tier mixed Koi pond

Im a member of costco (big cash and carry type place) costs £3 for 35 bottles of water!! So thats what my snakeys get!!

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My Reps0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Arlo 0.1.0 Snow Corn - Rosa 1.0.0 Normal Corn - Norman 1.1.0 Amel Stripe Poss Het. Butter - Fry & Leela 1.0.0 Western Hognose - Arnie 1.0.0 Royal Python - Bruno ] 0.0.5 Anery Het. Hypo Corns] 1.0.0 Butter Corn[option]

We have a Brita filter jug that all our tapwater goes through (For the kettle and everything) as my other half reckons the water round here is crappy or something? Dunno if that's any good though?

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