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Water?

Soulman

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London
I was going to use the water from the fridge, same water that I drink
Just had a look where your from,maybe you reg on your water is better.i had the same question when keeping fish,fish suffer from drinking problems.from the main or tank.?ok I used stuff to remove chlorine,ammonia,choramines,when doing water changes.i did take from the main and the tank,Now you have made a point I'm going to have a look at bottled table water.not sold as mineral water.Very good point thanks for your post.
 

Aracnoenthusiast

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3 Year Member
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Nebraska
Are tarantulas sensitive to chlorine and fluoride? I'm pretty sure that our city does treat the water with these chemicals. If so I will have to go buy bottled water
 

Jess S

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A lot of people use bottled water. Some like myself use boiled (obviously cooled down afterwards!) tap water. I'm in the UK. Water is fluorinated here. I only do this because I was told straight tap water is bad. Does anyone know why this is so? As I haven't heard any actual stories of t's being harmed from drinking tap water. It's all just been keepers saying that they don't give it as they don't like to take a chance. I'd really like to hear what the evidence actually is.

In fact, I used straight tap water for a while myself until I realised that a lot of keepers don't.
 

Jess S

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Thought I'd share a really nice little video I've seen online of one drinking, where you can see the mouth at work.

Ignore the sensationalist article. However, the video is good.

 
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