Quote Originally Posted by Wolst21LT View Post
So i recently cleaned out my Red-Eyed Leaf Frog tank and i have a pond in it, it has bubbles in it. why??????????? i didnt use any soap or anything. i just used water from the tap and put the reptisafe in it to kill the chloramines. i usually just get distilled water from the store, but this is my first time using reptisafe. does reptisafe make bubbles in the water?
Yes.
From the Zoo Med Web Site:

The first instant terrarium water conditioner. Great for reptile water bowls, chameleon drip water systems, amphibian enclosures, and aquatic turtle tanks. ReptiSafe® removes chloramines and chlorine, detoxify es ammonia and nitrites, and provides essential ions and electrolytes which help to hydrate newly acquired animals. Also stimulates slime coat development in amphibians and fish.

Anything that claims it "has electrolytes" makes me think of the movie "Idiocracy". Any product that "stimulates a slime coat" has all sorts of crazy stuff in it that will increase surface tension resulting in bubbles.

It is my personal opinion, based on experience, that slime coat additives are completely unecessary for amphibians. In fact, if you cruise Caudata.org's search function, you will find hundreds of posts like "My axolotl is peeling". This issue is often caused not by an illness, but by a water treatment. For frogs, they are completely unnecessary in my opinion.

I am an Amquel Plus user myself, it skips the whistles and bells and makes the water safe for my pets without all the extra garbage.


My question to you is, Why are you treating distilled water!?!? I ask only because de-chlorinating distilled water is unnecessary. The real risk of distilled water is copper, from the condensing coils, of the distiller. Reptisafe's ability to remove metals from water does not seem to be documented.

Go for the spring water! it is a bit more expensive, but you will save money by being able to use it straight from the bottle.