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natural spring water
Is natural spring water safe for crabs? I would image since it says natural spring water it's safe right? sorry idk ;-;
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Re: natural spring water
Natural spring water is great, but you still need to use a dechlorinator to remove chlorine, chloramine, and detoxify ammonia and heavy metals. A lot of us use Prime.
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Re: natural spring water
If you are using bottled spring water it is safer to use a dechlor as the labels aren't always honest about the source of the water!
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Re: natural spring water
I use Walmart gallon spring water my crabs are big and healthy never had any problems also use it to make my salt water. I use instant oceanHermitGirl2018 wrote:Is natural spring water safe for crabs? I would image since it says natural spring water it's safe right? sorry idk ;-;
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Re: natural spring water
Dechlorinator used with tap water is cheaper in the long run. And I can't really think of any benefit to using bottled water.
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Re: natural spring water
Some tap water from surface sources are heavily affected by fertilizer runoff leading to high ammonia or nitrate readings straight from the spigot. Well water can be super heavy with iron or sulfur, or be contaminated with bacteria or chemicals. Bad pipes can wreak all kind of havoc. There are legitimate reasons to go with bottled, but they are rare!
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