Water: Distilled vs purified vs everything else

[SludgeMunkey]

Just to add a snippet to John's post-

In the US and Canada it is required by law that water sold as spring water state the source spring (or springs) on the label. Additionally they are to disclose any additives.

Just recently, on a whim I stuck a few samples of various spring waters into a batch of boiler water samples (as we have a pretty extensive chemical analysis done at a lab). The results were rather shocking as better than half of the Big Name US brands tested positive for both chloramine and bromide!

[Tom Highum]

Hmm ouch did you try that with anything else?

[Firestar72]

Just to add a snippet to John's post-

In the US and Canada it is required by law that water sold as spring water state the source spring (or springs) on the label. Additionally they are to disclose any additives.

Just recently, on a whim I stuck a few samples of various spring waters into a batch of boiler water samples (as we have a pretty extensive chemical analysis done at a lab). The results were rather shocking as better than half of the Big Name US brands tested positive for both chloramine and bromide!

Oh no. I used about two gallon so far of spring water from Walgreens. I hope it will be ok. But just to be on the safe side I am also going to use my bottle of water treatment.

[John]

Oh no. I used about two gallon so far of spring water from Walgreens. I hope it will be ok. But just to be on the safe side I am also going to use my bottle of water treatment.

I'm sure they'll be fine. It's probably just trace amounts.

[Kurt]

Speaking of water John, how are you getting along without it? How has the water ban affected you and more importantly, your frogs?

[John]

I've not been drinking water - I'm on a soda kick for the last few days. The tap water is frog safe. Regarding misting supplies, I have plenty of distilled water.

[Kurt]

Up here in Billerica the water is fine. We are on our very own supply.

[kevinkyang]

umm, would fresh river water do the trick? i live considerably close to the delta and have access to it. its a little murky, but i thought since its a river it must be clean and closest to its natural habitat, no?