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Aquarium water conditioner safe?
- Thread starter Lumitory
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Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
I buy this product at PetsMart and / or Petco. It's safe for both drinking and soaking:
http://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/zoo-med-reptisafe-instant-terrarium-water-conditioners
http://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/zoo-med-reptisafe-instant-terrarium-water-conditioners
Chip
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&
The active ingredient in all chlorine removing aquarium products is sodium thiosulphate. It is safe to use with snakes at the recommended levels. As is chlorinated water, if it is safe for drinking by humans. If worried, let a container of open water sit out for 24 hours. All measurable chlorine will be gone after that time.
Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
it's not the Chlorine that you ought to be worried about.
It's all the "Other Stuff" heavy metals, Mercury, Ammonia, etc.... That is now commonly found in both well water, ground water and eventually what comes out of your tap.
The product I posted above does remove chlorine, but it also contains a "Chelating Agent" which helps to remove all this other stuff, and it also contains vitamins and calcium which are both beneficial for all reptiles including snakes.
There is no way I'd drink tap water these days, nor do I give it to my pets. I drink either bottled water or filtered water myself, but if you give this to snakes you rob them of the "Necessary Trace elements" that would normally be there. Hence the use of this product.
It's all the "Other Stuff" heavy metals, Mercury, Ammonia, etc.... That is now commonly found in both well water, ground water and eventually what comes out of your tap.
The product I posted above does remove chlorine, but it also contains a "Chelating Agent" which helps to remove all this other stuff, and it also contains vitamins and calcium which are both beneficial for all reptiles including snakes.
There is no way I'd drink tap water these days, nor do I give it to my pets. I drink either bottled water or filtered water myself, but if you give this to snakes you rob them of the "Necessary Trace elements" that would normally be there. Hence the use of this product.
Chip
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Not being a jerk, but that simply isn't a valid statement. Neither you (nor your animals) need vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, etc, etc, in your water if you (or your animals) are eating a balanced diet. Ammonia will not be detectable in any municipal tap water, nor will mercury. You can drink pure water or tap, and the traces of things that can only be measured in parts per million or usually BILLION (in tap), or lack of iron, calcium etc in purified will make no difference whatsoever. This has been tested in peer review studies a zillion times. I care very much for my own life, as well as the animals I keep, and outside of reef aquariums, use tap water, personally.
Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
I'm glad you and your animals eat and drink right.
Most of us do not.
And I can rest easily now knowing you have traveled all over the country and sampled everyone's water for them and know all the valuable statistics. (Sorry, I don't believe you, your peer reviews and tests).
And no, you're not being a jerk, but you do a remarkable impression of one. Keep it up.
Most of us do not.
And I can rest easily now knowing you have traveled all over the country and sampled everyone's water for them and know all the valuable statistics. (Sorry, I don't believe you, your peer reviews and tests).
And no, you're not being a jerk, but you do a remarkable impression of one. Keep it up.
Chip
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&
Lumitory, you can buy liquid reagent tests at any aquarium store if you are worried and wish to test your water. Leaving a container of it uncovered overnight will allow all detectable chlorine to dissipate. Any over the counter tap water conditioner at your local pet shop will remove chloramines if your municipality adds them. If your tap water is okay for you to drink, it is almost certainly okay for your pets to, however.
You can call the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 to get information and ask questions about the quality and safety of drinking water in general, and in your area, or use google and read up it. Of what we consume, municipal tap water is the least of my concerns, personally.
You can call the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 to get information and ask questions about the quality and safety of drinking water in general, and in your area, or use google and read up it. Of what we consume, municipal tap water is the least of my concerns, personally.
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