Hi guys, I wanna know what kind of water i must use.
Misting: distilled water?
Waterfall (Exo Terra): weak mineralization water (common mineral water but with low concentration of minerals)
Pond: the same that waterfall?
Distilled is fine for misting, but that's it. Bath/pond/waterfall water must be dechlorinated tap water or spring water.
Misting with distilled is fine as stated above, however, never mist your frog with it. Little info as to why -
"Distilled water is basically water with nothing else in it. That means that there are no dissolved salts and minerals. This is a type of water that a wild animal would never be exposed to. All water found in nature has some salt and minerals dissolved in it, and this is important for something called osmotic regulation. Suffice it to say that this term means how water passes into and out of cells and is regulated, in part, by the dissolved solids in the water. Water routinely passes in and out of cells, which is how the body regulates almost all bodily functions. So, dissolved minerals and salts are very important for normal physiological functions. Distilled water, with no dissolved salts and minerals, cannot support those normal bodily functions.
Distilled water being demineralized, contains more hydrogen and is considered an acid, with a pH of less than 7.0. Any time a human or animal consumes or, in the case of an amphibian, is soaked in distilled water, the body pulls minerals from teeth (if they have them) and bones to produce bicarbonate to neutralize the acid. This can prove dangerous over time"
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