"bassett" <bassett@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> What you say may be true, but it does depend on where you live and the
> degree of pollution in your area, or even in the Country where you
> live, and some countries are highly polluted, and over populated.
> Also some polluted areas have large water storage Dams, Lakes, etc,
> which
> strangely enough are filled via a catchment area in the same polluted
> area, and there filled by Rain Water.
> In most town piped water supplies , the water is loaded with
> Chorine, and
You are right, several municipalities have added clorine to their water.
Pretty much the theory is bleach nulifies everything. And for the most
part, it works. To put it simply, what I wrote was, if you believe the
clorine in your water is killing your fish, go buy a bottle of cheap
declorinator from your local pet shop and add it to your water before you
add it to your tank.
I live in a city that uses clorine in their water, sometimes a very high
amount. I do add the declorinator in. The water where I live (Las
Vegas, Nevada - USA) is pretty bad, smelly and is highly alkaline. The
tropical fish I've had over the years thrive in it.
> test my tank water, it,s 7.2 - 7.4 ph normally.
Mine is around 8.0 :)
>
> I have a friend who lives in the Outback, they have a property about
> half
> the size of Texas, they measure the place in square miles, not acres,
> which would be average for our cattle stations, two hours drive to the
> main road, and when they go to Town, they Fly. Are you telling me
> that there water is , as unstable and polluted as water in downtown,
> Sydney. or better still New York
The water could be unpolluted, but not fit to drink, or not taste right.
There is a city in Texas where the water is naturally undrinkable. This
is due to the high concentration of oil in the area.
Actually I've heard that New York water is some of the best tasting water
in the world. All of those old copper pipes!
> . Not everyone's water supply is polluted, or requires chemicals, it
> depends where you live, and how populated your area is, And where do
> you think the popular Bottled Water, that you buy in the supermarket
> comes from. ??
Usually from the same place all the other water comes from.:) Distilled
water is ph balanced and pure, though. It was a suggestion. 100% of the
water I drink is bottled, or purified in some way. I've been to several
areas where tap water is excellent, but here in the desert isn't one of
them.
Carl
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