tap water?

[LISA127]

ok, with all this talk about crypto, i would like to know, should i not be using tap water? and if not, what type of water should i be using? thanks!

[Siretsap]

I used tap water, but if you want to go all the way, you can boil your water and cool it in the fridge after.

[Neo]

i would say no. when we first moved into our house i saw what they use to filter the water. it's a series of sand and minerals. in my opinion there's a higher chance of parasites and stuff.. i would use water filtered out from one of those brita things or something.

[LISA127]

I don't have a filter, nor will I be getting one. What about bottled water? Filtered bottled water or spring water?

[eyespy]

Ever read the reports of the stuff they find in bottled water? It's not guaranteed to be any safer than tap! Boiling is your best bet if you don't want to get a silver nitrate filter.

[LISA127]

so boiling will kill crypto?

[Wuntu Menny]

You may want to boil your crickets while you're at it. Your animals stand a greater chance of contracting cryptosporidiosis from eating them than they do from your local water treatment facility.

WM

[LISA127]

So your point is what? that i really can't prevent it? just hope for the best? or that the tap water is relatively safe?

[Hamster of Borg]

There was a test done on 60 Minutes not long ago. They took large samples from like 15 brands of bottled water, and then tested them all against city tap water from 15 different cities across the US. The only bottled water that tested 'cleaner' and 'healthier' than tap water from all of the city water supplies was Ozarka. I'm sure that test is not the be-all and end-all of water tests, but it does say pretty soundly that just because its in a bottle and you pay more for it, doesn't mean it is any better.

Myself, I use tap water - I pour it out into five gallon buckets as needed and let it sit overnight to dechlorinate. I have pretty hard water here, ends up with spots on my aquarium glass - but other than that its never given me a problem.

Rav

[Wuntu Menny]

Well, all of the above I guess. Take reasonable precautions where you can and yes, your tap water is relatively safe. Listen to the Hamster.

The biggest danger I pose to my animals is by visiting pet stores and coming home without going through decontamination first.

WM

[Neo]

boiling water may kill the crypto but i heard it still harms the gecko by being in it. not sure if it's true...

[LISA127]

well, i guess ill just take good care of my leo's, chill out, and not worry so much. and i won't buy the bottled water!

[Wuntu Menny]

Sounds like a good plan. I'm gonna do the same. Hamster's got the right idea, let it sit overnight to get rid of the chlorine and that's about it.

[Dragon_Slave]

I do the same as Hamster... I just let it sit overnight. We have hard water where I live and so that's what I deal with, lol.

[Alicewave]

Who has crypto in their water? Where is this coming from? I wouldn't think a filter would do a damn thing against crypto but what do I know. You'd probably have to boil the water for a really long time for that too work too. Plus boiling for that long is going to give you a higher concentration of all the minerals, possibly lead in your water. Crypto is one tough parasite to kill. Are you sick? Do you drink your own water? If you're not sick from your own water I doubt you have crypto in it. Also there are more than one type of crypto. A human form, a reptile form and possibly others.