In reply to Katt: That's the exact reason why distilled is not used in fish tanks. If I remember right from chemistry, distilled is pure H2O, pure hydrogen and pure oxygen. No other components. Thus the reason why it's used in lab experiments. Because of this, and if I remember right, distilled has a tendency to leach minerals in order to achieve equalibrium, basically what Katt said.
Personally, I use both tap and RO. I use RO in my turtle tanks and when I mist cages, so I don't get stains, and tap for everything else. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [Gecko] RO water/phelsuma source > Doug Johnston wrote: > > > Chrissy... > > > > I actually use distilled water I buy from a water store. The main reason to use > > it is to minimize the hard water buildup on the glass of the tank. You don't get > > any with distilled. I'm not sure about RO. > > I have heard that distilled can be very hard on both the mammal and the reptile > body. This is because the distilled water being low in concentrated minerals, rips > out minerals from the body to equalize concentrations. Over time this can > determintal to animals' health, most notably amphibibians. > > ~Katt > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ########################################################################### > >
