What kind of water do you use?

[Ether Imp]

Bottled spring/mineral water is my preference. It's clean but isn't stripped of minerals.

Tap water of any kind is potentially nasty.

Rain water would be good.

Distilled water is stripped of all the minerals... Are you folks sure that makes no difference to T's? Because if, as a human, we drink too much distilled water it can actually make us sick. It's only good in small quantities once in a while.

 

[syndicate]

I use bottled Poland spring water.Not the distilled kind either.

 

[the_mask86]

i use filtered tap water.

and that's cause to me it seems to leave less spots on the tank.

 

[sean-820]

I use dechloinated tap water. Like said when misting it will leave mineral deposits, but i dont really care to much. RO water or distilled would be best if you didnt want minerals left from the water. Also you can find both or these in a jug for a couple dollars so with just t's, it would last a decent amount of time. I think dechlorinated water works fine, but mineral deposits on the glass is a bit of a turn off but still not that big of a deal

 

[sean-820]

Also its not hard to get rid or chlorine from water. Clorine (Cl2) is a gas so if left in an open top containor it will go back into its gas form and leave the water. So there is no real reason to need chlorine. There is something thats a chlorine compound called chloramine or something like that that this doesnt work for so it depends what you supply uses.

 

[Fyreflye]

I use filtered tap water for my critters. What the filter takes out, i couldn't tell you- actually, this thread just made me realize that this is a subject i know very little about, but i can't help but feel that straight tap water is questionable.

 

[Sathane]

LOL! Brilliant.

I use distilled for the reasons already mentioned, no water spots on the glass.

I make my own. Two parts H; one part O.


sorry, I couldn't resist. Regular ole tap water (I believe it's chlorinated too). I used to use bottled that started after a hurricane and just kept using it. I have since switched to Neuse river water out of the tap.

 

[Bill S]

There is something thats a chlorine compound called chloramine or something like that that this doesnt work for so it depends what you supply uses.

Chloramine is widely used for chlorinating water nowadays. And you're right - it doesn't de-gas by simply leaving the water open to the air. There are commercial dechlorinating compounds available, but if you're going to spend all that money and effort to produce safe water, why not buy bottled water in the first place?

 

[Sathane]

Why isn't recycled urine on the list?
Is it's good enough for astronauts, it's got to be good enough for Ts.

 

[Paramite]

Why isn't recycled urine on the list?
Is it's good enough for astronauts, it's got to be good enough for Ts.

Its good enough for me, but not good enough for my Ts. :wall:

 

[Ewok]

well, i asked the same question a while back...heres the link to it:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=152512

I also asked that same question a while back.


http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=61124

 

[xhexdx]

Tell me what you use then. I would really like to know.

I use tap water. I have no idea if it's chlorinated or not.

 

[whitewolf]

Good ol' nasty well water straight out the tap. LOL.

 

[Just Hatched]

In Itzy's water dish I use Flukers Calcium Fortified cricket drink. And I wet his substrate with well water only when he is going into molt. Our ambient humidity stays between 40 and 60%. He stays up on the walls if I mist his tank more than I do.

 

[spiderfield]

I use tap water with no ill-effects.

 

[Sathane]

Save your money, and your Ts, and don't use that Calcium Fortified garbage.
It's been suggested that too much calcium can cause brittleness in the exoskeleton and fangs of tarantulas.

In Itzy's water dish I use Flukers Calcium Fortified cricket drink. And I wet his substrate with well water only when he is going into molt. Our ambient humidity stays between 40 and 60%. He stays up on the walls if I mist his tank more than I do.

 

[evicton]

This, plus T's can't actually get any water from these water gels.

 

[Sathane]

That's right. These are crystals aren't they...

This, plus T's can't actually get any water from these water gels.

 

[reverendsterlin]

well water is what I use

 

[Just Hatched]

This, plus T's can't actually get any water from these water gels.

If this is true, then please tell me how he has managed to survive, from a sling, for 4 years.