Water?
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ghettomike
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In my dripper I use tap water that I have let sit out for at least 24 hours to let the chlorine evaporate off. Some municipalities use chlorine (which will evaporate) and others use chloramines (which do not evaporate or boil off) to treat the water. It might not hurt to find out how your water is treated. For my misting system I use distilled water so the heads don't get clogged by minerals. hope that helps. I would like to use reverse osmosis water but don't have the funds to invest in a system.
Ellron
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Now-a-days water companies are using clorimine. Cloromine is heavier than air and therefor won't evaporate even if let sit.
The best thing to do is use bottled water.
ghettomike
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Its easiest/cheapest if you dont have to treat the water at all, check with your local water treatment facility (probably find it online), thats what I did and was told our water was treated by chlorine.
Elizadolots
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What ghettomike said....
Check what the local water is like...you might well be able to use tap water (I do) or you might need to filter it. Note that chlorine will dissipate when used in a sprayer. Many areas use a chemical that has a similar name (mind blanking at the moment) which does not dissipate when exposed to air. So, be careful. When in doubt, filter!
Check what the local water is like...you might well be able to use tap water (I do) or you might need to filter it. Note that chlorine will dissipate when used in a sprayer. Many areas use a chemical that has a similar name (mind blanking at the moment) which does not dissipate when exposed to air. So, be careful. When in doubt, filter!
PedroANDAshley
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I believe its called chromamines? 
Correct me if im wrong
Correct me if im wrong
Zen Reptiles
Avid Member
It`s called chloramines, and they do not boil off or evaporate with time like people have mentioned (I have tested it myself).
Bottled water isn`t the best suggestion, as 1 in 4 bottled waters are just tap water from somewhere else. And some natural spring water can be heavily contaminated by logging and mining runoff, AND DEPENDING WHERE IT WAS BOTTLED (like here in BC Canada) there can be lots of fire retardants in the water. A lot of people don`t realize just how many forest fires there are in a single month in places like BC where a lot of water is bottled.
Honestly, no tap water is good anymore. There is too much stuff leaching through the ground, even from miles away over 20-30 years, and the governments are adding just way too many chemicals in high doses to compensate for this.
A good quality RO is best (the best one on the market I have seen is the 5-stage RO by Goldline out of Fullerton California). Some RO`s I have tested remove about 20-30% of the contaminants, which IMHO is unacceptable, whereas the Goldline RO removes 93-97% of the contaminants.
Brita filters are a complete scam, so are fridge filters, and so is most bottled water.
If you ARE going to use bottled water, Aquafina is the best I have tested, Dasani at a close second. And those are the ONLY two that didn`t have contaminants in them - (I`ve tested over 50 brands).
In nature, chameleons drink rain water, which is basically nature`s way of distilling the water. Good quality Reverse Osmosis or Distilled water is of the same quality, and is as close as you`ll get to natural over here.
Bottled water isn`t the best suggestion, as 1 in 4 bottled waters are just tap water from somewhere else. And some natural spring water can be heavily contaminated by logging and mining runoff, AND DEPENDING WHERE IT WAS BOTTLED (like here in BC Canada) there can be lots of fire retardants in the water. A lot of people don`t realize just how many forest fires there are in a single month in places like BC where a lot of water is bottled.
Honestly, no tap water is good anymore. There is too much stuff leaching through the ground, even from miles away over 20-30 years, and the governments are adding just way too many chemicals in high doses to compensate for this.
A good quality RO is best (the best one on the market I have seen is the 5-stage RO by Goldline out of Fullerton California). Some RO`s I have tested remove about 20-30% of the contaminants, which IMHO is unacceptable, whereas the Goldline RO removes 93-97% of the contaminants.
Brita filters are a complete scam, so are fridge filters, and so is most bottled water.
If you ARE going to use bottled water, Aquafina is the best I have tested, Dasani at a close second. And those are the ONLY two that didn`t have contaminants in them - (I`ve tested over 50 brands).
In nature, chameleons drink rain water, which is basically nature`s way of distilling the water. Good quality Reverse Osmosis or Distilled water is of the same quality, and is as close as you`ll get to natural over here.
ghettomike
New Member
chlorine will evapoprate off (and some municipalities use chlorine) and chloramines will not.
