Hi all
I usually make up my de-chlorinated and salt water in 2 litre bottles and what with cleaning the feeding bowl, cleaning shells and filling the water dishes they are empty quite soon. However, I’ve got some water that was bottled 2 weeks ago and was wondering if it is still useable? Do the solutions stop working after a while?!?!
I don’t really like keeping it too long because you never know what the plastic in the bottle is doing to the water but it is much easier than making it fresh all the time.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Laura
I'm pretty sure that once you've neutralised chlorine you aren't going to get any more chlorine appearing. As for how long water stays fresh and drinkable, that's another matter. Personally, I just make up 500 ml in a drinking bottle.
I'm with inxs on that one, I also make up 500ml which is what Marg recommended when I first signed up
I'm fairly sure it was something to do with how long the actual water will stay ok over a length of time, so she recommended smaller amounts made up in advance
i find the conditioners so easy to use i make up fresh every day for the salt pool and the drinking water, i do make a slightly bigger one (about 5ooml) for spraying and that usually lasts me 3-4 days for misting!!
I use the de-chlor in the water dishes as it also adds calcium. For spraying I use the cheap supermarket bottle water (14p 2lts at Tesco) mainly because I have to spray my stick insects everyday and it's easier to use the same spray bottle.
I would think that for spraying the age of the water would not be too big an issue but TBH honest I change the drinking water every other day and the salt water a little less often as I put brine shrimp in that.
I make up 500ml batches of each which tend to last me a few days but i would say as long as the bottle is sealed it should be ok but if you are unsure I guess the best bet would be just mix a new batch and get rid of the old (i tend to even water my plants with dechlor as some of my carnivorous plants seem to do better with it)
Thanks for that all.
Marcuslw - glad you said that because with all the freezing weather I have been using de-chlor on my carnivorous plants!
Laura
yup seems to work well for my sundews, pitchers, airplants and orchids
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I avoided the cheap Tesco water as it just says "water". It could even be tap water.
(25-01-2009 11:23 PM)insx Wrote: Guests cannot see links in posts. Please register by clicking here to see links.I avoided the cheap Tesco water as it just says "water". It could even be tap water.
Something a lot of people don't know is that bottled water manufacturers are legally required to carry out less tests and to adhere to less regulations than what is required for tap water. What this means for hermies I don't know, but I do know that spring water manufacture is the least regulated, followed by mineral water and then tap water. Tests have shown that bottled water varies in content greatly and some
do infact bottle their water from a tap. The packaging on bottled water that shows fresh water springs up in beautiful mountains often has little to do with what is in the bottle. On the whole, tap water has been found to be the cleanest and best for human consumption. Different areas of the country get different water though so often taste can differ, whereas I've never noticed bottled water tasting any different from the next one which may be why people seem to assume it's better quality.