Filtered Water or Tap Water

[nater]

Letting tap water sit out for 24 hours will indeed allow the chlorine to gas out. However, many municipalities have switched over to chloramine, which won't gas out nearly as quickly.

 

[Russellm0704]

Tap water, some people over think and over worry things. I drink right out of my faucet whenever I get thirsty myself

 

[endrien]

I just boil water and store it in the fridge, better safe than sorry.

 

[grboxa]

I just boil water and store it in the fridge, better safe than sorry.

now thats efficient.

 

[gecko4245]

I was just wondering how many people use filtered water verses tap water. My towns water comes from a lake, so I use a filter for all my critters.

I don't drink water from the faucet so why should they.

 

[katie_]

Mine drink good ol' tap water...theyre geckos - not princess'

 

[katie_]

Letting tap water sit out for 24 hours will indeed allow the chlorine to gas out. However, many municipalities have switched over to chloramine, which won't gas out nearly as quickly.

This actally isnt true. It takes much longer. I have chlronine test kits for my aquariums, it takes almost a week. Waste of time.

 

[nater]

This actally isnt true. It takes much longer. I have chlronine test kits for my aquariums, it takes almost a week. Waste of time.

However, many municipalities have switched over to chloramine, which won't gas out nearly as quickly.

Check if your test kit is testing for total or combined chlorine, which will give you a positive on chloramine. If you want only chlorine, test for free chlorine.

 

[lauraleellbp]

MOST water treatment facilities have switched to treating water with chloramine rather than just chlorine since it does not evaporate out as quickly. And even those that do not use chloramine on a regular basis often periodically "flush" their systems with it to clean things out. And don't have to send out any notification to their customers when they do so- it's just routine maintenance and shouldn't affect humans. For fish/reptiles, the change could be a pretty different story, however.

So for those who are using tap water, I would highly recommend always treating it with something that removes both chlorine and chloramine to be on the safe side. Or boiling water first, as that will also outgas both chlorine and chloramine.

I personally use Seachem's Prime since that's what I keep on hand for my aquariums. Only takes one drop per gallon, so even a tiny bottle lasts a very long time.

 

[Dimidiata]

I use tap and bottled thats been sitting a few days.

 

[PhoenixCoconut]

Mine drink good ol' tap water...theyre geckos - not princess'

Mine are princes and princess' so they drink 'Ozarka' and distilled.

 

[Aurorae]

Mine is filtered and left to stand at room temperature for 24-36 hours before serving. I have used ZooMed Reptisafe water conditioner in the past for the frogs but never felt the need to do it with the geckos.

 

[katie_]

I have an R/O unit for my aquarium, and my geckos still get tap. Its so much easier, as their water tends to evaporate away everyday