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I use tap water and i was going a site and i seen a bottle called Zoomed Reptile that when used in habitat water or drinking water, Reptisafe instantly removes chlorine, chloramines, and ammonia; adds essential electrolytes, stimulates the protective slime coat development and reduces pH. Now do i really need to use this in my tap water or does it even matter

As far as adding a protective "slime" coating, this is used for turtles, fish, frogs, and crocs. I don't think it is used to put in a snakes drinking water. As far as tap water goes I don't use it because it does have some chemicals in it such as chlorine and flouride. I buy spring water buy the gallon and use that. I have used it for years with no problem. I get it from Wal*Mart and it cost about 70 cents a gallon. Be sure to get the one with the blue lid if you go this route. You'll come out cheaper buy just using store bought spring water instead of spending all that money on Repisafe. I'm sure that some people use tap water and have never had a problem but I don't trust it. Hope I could help.

As far as tap water goes I don't use it because it does have some chemicals in it such as chlorine and flouride.

Not really an on-topic answer, but studies have shown that these bottled waters do have lower levels of chlorine, just as they advertise. But what they don't tell you is that bottled water has higher levels of coliform bacteria because of the lack of chlorine. I think I would rather have a little chlorine, thanks. There is a reason we put chlorine in tap water!

As for the fluoride, last week I saw a report by the American Dental Association (or whatever it's called) saying that the rate of tooth decay in toddlers is up in the US for the first time in over 1/4 of a century. The reason? Increased consumption of bottled, non-fluoridated water.

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Um, yes! That was an on topic answer. Speaking of off topic answers, what does tooth deacy of toddlers have to do with a snakes drinking water? I don't think we ever have or ever will have to worry about tooth decay in snakes due to the lack of flouride in their water...................THANKS!!

I use tap water and have for years. If you let your tap water sit in an uncovered container the chlorine will escape in 24 hours. Tap water is pretty safe and has to meet higher standards of quality than bottled water. A lot of bottled water is tap water but not all. If you do some searches on bottled water you will see reports where it is not as safe as one may think. Heavy metals and other contaminants were present in a good amount of randomly tested bottled water.

Dan