Is tap water ok?

[cgrinter]

Tap water quality and chemical additives vary from one area to the next, so that prevents any kind of study on it's effects on tarantulas. The inconsistency and questionable quality is what created the demand for bottled water in the first place. Otherwise it wouldn't exist. You can take a stand on not spending the dollar a month it would cost you for bottled water, but what are you accomplishing?

It's called marketing.

This doesn't prevent any kind of test - this just keeps that test from being wildly applicable to world water supplies. Yes water quality does vary in America, but not by a lot, and in general most places do the same thing to the water.

 

[Lrntolive]

Define 'bad for.' It doesn't have to kill them to be an issue. Have you bred your spiders? Certain added chemicals may effect their reproduction. We really don't know, and bottled water is very cheap.

Poec,

Not sure if this helps or hurts this conversation, but here goes.

When I used to do kinetic modeling chemistry, one of the tests we did here in the USA was to test the quality of bottled water versus tap water and distilled water. You are correct that tap water had added chlorine to reduce the amount of bacteria and fluorine to do the same(also to help our teeth), but every bottled water brand tested had high levels of bacteria. Twice as much as found in tap water.

Distilled water was the purest, but remember that the distilling process removes everything from the water, including any minerals. This is why a person should never drink distilled water as it will pull minerals and nutrients from the body. Don't know if it will do the same for T's.

So I guess the choice is bacteria or some added chemicals. Personally, I don't know which is better until someone performs real lab tests over a period of years. Sounds like a good research grant for a University student.

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[Tgrip77]

most bottled water IS tap water, they just put a fancy label on it and sell it to the slaves for a 1000-2000 mark up.
do you think the tarantulas that have survived the centuries out in the wild were drinking perrier or evian? or did they find a puddle loaded with bacteria / parasites?

 

[cold blood]

most bottled water IS tap water, they just put a fancy label on it and sell it to the slaves for a 1000-2000 mark up.
do you think the tarantulas that have survived the centuries out in the wild were drinking perrier or evian? or did they find a puddle loaded with bacteria / parasites?

I worked for a long time running bar set ups, and at the time, we had pepsi under contract and aquafina (sp?) was the water offered by pepsi. During those years I had multiple different workers from pepsi tell me straight up that aquafina bottled water is nothing more than Chicago tap water. Bottled water is under less scrutiny than is tap water is.

 

[oddT]

I simply use Tap water, once this debate resolves with true facts, only then I will change my method...

havnt had a problem with tap water just yet.

-OddT

 

[Lrntolive]

Just an added note, the tap water was city water, not well water. If a person had a private well, then the contents would depend on the filtration system used.

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[MarkmD]

I've used bottled and tap water over the years (90% tap) and never had problems (EVER), bottled water just seems better cause it's shop bought/with a label, tap water is very much the same (even in different continents), cause our water suppliers have many tests done almost every day/week to make sure it doesn't have to much bacteria or lack of nutrients etc, so for now tap water is safe for consumption, if it was bad we would hear many news stories etc, about water harming our pets/animals and T's over time (around the globe), yet it's never happened at least to a massive extent.

 

[Tgrip77]

@coldblood
sure, i dont doubt that one bit. they may have a few slight differences when it comes to filters and additives, but for the most part, coke, pepsi and the rest of the criminal like corporations are practically stealing our water for pennies and selling it back for big time dollars. there is a great documentary about this called "tapped"

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/tapped/

and thanks to all these people and their love for the newish trend of bottled water...governments/corporations are making it illegal for us to collect rain water that falls on our private property. thats right...those barrels of water in your backyard have as much profit potential as crude oil.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

and thanks to all these people and their love for the newish trend of bottled water...governments/corporations are making it illegal for us to collect rain water that falls on our private property. thats right...those barrels of water in your backyard have as much profit potential as crude oil.

Source?

Http://www.enlight-inc.com/blog/?p=1036

Certainly doesn't seem like it currently.

 

[Keith B]

I have used only tap water for 14 years, the only issue is the build-up on the water dish. I will say, that generally I use water from a bucket in the room, as it sits the chlorine will dissipate, although it doesn't help with the fluoride, it hasn't caused issues with the t's.

Always used tap water myself. For water stain issues I found that avoiding pet store dishes and finding ceramic style dishes with a glaze finish minimizes it. With pet store dishes the water stains quickly become practically welded to the dish. You have to neglect the ceramic dishes for some time to start to get a buildup, and even then it scrubs right off. I wash before use, and never had an issue with Ts drinking from it. So far the nicest ones I found were in a four-pack. Little individual serving bowls at Crate and Barrel. Came in two shades of green, orange and pink. Not sure if they still sell them though. Hope this helps. Water stains on the glass can't be helped far as I know. JUst have to avoid getting water there, but with some arboreals it's unavoidable.

 

[cold blood]

Always used tap water myself. For water stain issues I found that avoiding pet store dishes and finding ceramic style dishes with a glaze finish minimizes it. With pet store dishes the water stains quickly become practically welded to the dish. You have to neglect the ceramic dishes for some time to start to get a buildup, and even then it scrubs right off. I wash before use, and never had an issue with Ts drinking from it. So far the nicest ones I found were in a four-pack. Little individual serving bowls at Crate and Barrel. Came in two shades of green, orange and pink. Not sure if they still sell them though. Hope this helps. Water stains on the glass can't be helped far as I know. JUst have to avoid getting water there, but with some arboreals it's unavoidable.

For adults, I like these stainless steel, and smooth so the deposits come off in little sheets with just a little "elbow grease"...holds decent amount but its shallow and easily accessed.

 

[oddT]

For adults, I like these stainless steel, and smooth so the deposits come off in little sheets with just a little "elbow grease"...holds decent amount but its shallow and easily accessed.

Where did you get this?

 

[LordWaffle]

I get Sparklett's delivery and use it for personal drinking, cooking and my spiders. But then, the OC is known for its poor water quality...there's a water store in EVERY plaza so.

Ridiculous. Drinking pool water straight from the tap is amazing and it was my favorite part of living in Anaheim.

 

[2bears]

I have used tap water for 10 yrs...no problems so far.

 

[Misty Day]

Going by that logic,

But this is water we are talking about here, the most basic thing for survival for any living thing. I'm sure they don't come across nice, clean water in the wild, and I know you're gonna say, 'But this is captivity' , most wild caught t's have been given tap water with no problems. I've and many other people have used tap water with zero problems.

 

[jthorntonwillis]

I collect the runoff from the condensation from my A/C Same as distilled,and it's free....But then I'm Scottish and cheap. :

 

[nicodimus22]

But this is water we are talking about here, the most basic thing for survival for any living thing. I'm sure they don't come across nice, clean water in the wild, and I know you're gonna say, 'But this is captivity' , most wild caught t's have been given tap water with no problems. I've and many other people have used tap water with zero problems.

We're not actually talking about the water, though. We're talking about the chemicals that have been added to the water.

 

[Lrntolive]

Hi guys, registered last week and started a thread on basic tarantula care. I live in the South of England and I was wondering, is tap water ok for my Chilean Rose Hair? If not, how should I go about letting her drink?

I think, based on the comments in the thread and research that I know of, you're going to have to make your own decision. You are in England, so you know the quality of your tap water.

As long as you understand what risks each of the types of water may present, I think you will be able to take the appropriate precautions.

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[BobGrill]

Poec, I'm really curious as to where you've gotten this information from as well. It'd be nice to see a source.

 

[Bipolar Spider]

I dont get it, a few people say they use bottled, soon as someone says they use tap they're shot down with loads of misinformation that isn't proven at all. What happened to leaving people to their own opinions? Not everything has to be fought down. There are no proven anything that tap water has any ill effects on T's. Simple as that. Come with proof over opinion before you cost people unnecessary money. IMO

water tests lol