What water do you use?

Which water do you use?

  • Tap Water

    Votes: 18 72.0%
  • Bottled Water

    Votes: 5 20.0%
  • Distilled Water

    Votes: 2 8.0%

  • Total voters
    25

indyana

Well-Known Member
Messages
2,336
Location
Massachusetts, United States
I've gone back and forth on this a bunch of times. I eventually settled on tap, as my water supply is pretty clean and not heavily treated. Tap water can be an important source of trace minerals.

I use distilled for misting cages though, as I don't need to be scrubbing water spots off glass constantly...
 

cowana

New Member
Messages
593
Location
Dayton, Ohio
I usually use tap for drinking water as well. Occasionally, I use the filtered water from the fridge is I have some left over from filling water bottles or something. But, I use the filtered water from our fridge to fill the spray bottle to mist cages as well. Water spots are a pain. LOL
 

stager

New Member
Messages
2,112
Location
Jersey
Poland spring. Having once worked for a company that used ozone and reverse osmosis to treat water supplies mostly in europe. I learn unfortunately that most us states, aside from parts of california and a few others tap water isn't so great for you because of the chlorine. I fear it could affect more delicate critters easily. Just my 2 cents
 

J&M UNE

New Member
Messages
102
Location
brainerd mn
Tap of its safe for me then my animals get it to I would go broke using purified water

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miguelcruzjr

New Member
Messages
23
Location
Fairfield, California
I usually buy jugs of water from the store specifically for my reptiles. The dollar store usually has pretty big jugs but chain supermarket stores usually have gallon jugs for about a dollar also.


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J&M UNE

New Member
Messages
102
Location
brainerd mn
Well I use about 2 gallons a day so do the math would rather put that money into my caging and feeders. If I had a few it wouldn't be bad.

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Manttle Geminy

New Member
Messages
31
Location
China
I don't know how about the tap water in foreign country, but I can make sure that in China, tap water contains much chlorine. I have 4 turtles and I never use tap water, if you really want to use tap water(it is convenient), please leave it for at least 2 days before you give it to your geckos. Whatever, I use distilled water... for bottle water, I call it dead water, because I have a friend who is selling dietary supplement, she told me that the bottle water contains nothing...no mineral substance. :D
 

wicked gecko

New Member
Messages
58
Location
Wisconsin
Using bottled spring water for the dish and distilled for any spraying. Our well water is extremely hard even after going through multiple filters. It's what I've been using for all our other critters so doing same with our new Leo's.
 

F Society

New Member
Messages
5
Location
New Jersey
I use botteled water, I only use 1 bottle every 2-3 days. If it means giving my gecko some cleaner water, Im all for it. I know they put flouride and crap in the water, which is actually classified as a poison.
 

Mameko

New Member
Messages
2
Location
CA
I use tap after an issue with our brita filter. We have rather safe water here so I don't worry.
 

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