I don't have a problem with any slime - just a hard grainy crust. If it dries it turns white or off-white. When wet it actually feels a bit like sandpaper. I have seen this in other people's collections as well as my own - in three different locations in this country, with different enough water quality between these locations that I do not suspect my tap water to be the culprit.



Any slime I have ever seen goes away with a good antibacterial dish soap.



Thanks for your input.

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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• ...that crust in the water bowl - amarilrose, Wed Nov 15 20:41:39 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - blowitch, Wed Nov 15 21:30:39 2006
• RE: not the tap - amarilrose, Wed Nov 15 21:37:29 2006
• RE: not the tap - hoot, Wed Nov 15 23:23:39 2006
• Oh but it IS your tap - Aviansinoil, Wed Nov 15 23:27:16 2006
• Calcium phosphate - rwoodyer, Thu Nov 16 00:20:06 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - morphed, Thu Nov 16 07:44:38 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - jyohe, Thu Nov 16 16:31:15 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - morphed, Fri Nov 17 07:52:14 2006
• Distilled water............ - Brandon Osborne, Thu Nov 16 10:35:39 2006
• Use Lime-Away.......n/p - spenden, Thu Nov 16 09:20:33 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - Melinda666, Thu Nov 16 14:50:22 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - jfmoore, Thu Nov 16 18:03:25 2006