Bottled Water Or Snow - Is It Good For Fish?

[FishBlast]

Note that I'm not the one who wants to try this, but a friend of mine was telling me that snow or bottled mountain water can be used for water changes.

However: snow ph - it either has heavy metals such as lead from the exhaust gas from cars, or its ph might be too low.
bottled water - it has chlorine, can be dechlorinated, but no idea if there is something else in it that would harm fish.

So, has anyone used snow/rain water to do that? Or bottled mountain water?

 

[TyriquePlanty]

Um well i prefer you not use snow unless its a fish that lives in a very very very cold temperture or but ice inside the tank if thats the fact but u can use bottled water but a lot of people use there sink or bath tube water.

 

[dh058977]

Um well i prefer you not use snow unless its a fish that lives in a very very very cold temperture or but ice inside the tank if thats the fact but u can use bottled water but a lot of people use there sink or bath tube water.

LOL, I dont think FishBlast meant putting the ice cold water straight in! Obviously they would get it up to temp first!

 

[Xraymark]

I've read at least one person used bottled water on this forum. Also people use rain water soooo, snow is probably okay as well. Just a guess.

 

[FishBlast]

Um well i prefer you not use snow unless its a fish that lives in a very very very cold temperture or but ice inside the tank if thats the fact but u can use bottled water but a lot of people use there sink or bath tube water.

I was asking on behalf of a friend who said that snow/rain water and bottled water that you buy from the shop could be used in water changes (aka similar to how you use tap water). Which means heating the water up to match tank temp.

What he doesn't know is about the PH. Is it low or high in rain water? What about mountain water that is sold? Normally mountain water shouldn't have chlorine, but I see on the label that it does (which means it would only be tap water at a higher price).

 

[ZoddyZod]

I'm confused as to why you would buy bottled water when surely use dechlorinator on tap water is cheaper?

as for snow, you are right that it COULD contain pollutants, especially if you live in a large city or an industrial area. But people do use rain water (never heard of snow, but what's the difference?).

 

[FishBlast]

I'm confused as to why you would buy bottled water when surely use dechlorinator on tap water is cheaper?

as for snow, you are right that it COULD contain pollutants, especially if you live in a large city or an industrial area. But people do use rain water (never heard of snow, but what's the difference?).

Yeah I told him that too. It's probably similar to tap water, but more expensive.

Snow/rain water come from the same source, but I don't know its PH. I'm more inclined to think it's 6.something while our tap water is 7.42 and rising.

 

[micko]

By the term "mountain water" do you mean water that's collected from highland springs of water?
I'm unsure what its like in your country but I know I wouldn't use it here in Northern Ireland. Regardless of Ph or anything else, many animals, icluding sheep are often thrown dead into water as careless farmers would rather do that than dispose of the sheep correctly. Rats included, along with deer etc. Water from a mountain usually has been filtered through rock and has heavy soil deposits. My grandparents and father both have their only means of water through a well which is pumped up into the house. I wouldn't use it as I know that although its filtered through rock that a lot of iron ore is in the area and the land that they own are highly fertilised which bagged fertiliser and manure.
If I remember correctly, your from Romania, I know nothing about your country so forgive my ignorance but why would it not be easier getting water from your tap, or your friends tap. Is this water not from a chemical treated system to make it safe?
Rather than lugging buckets from the heights or foot of a mountain I think it would be easier to add some dechlor.

 

[FishBlast]

By the term "mountain water" do you mean water that's collected from highland springs of water?
I'm unsure what its like in your country but I know I wouldn't use it here in Northern Ireland. Regardless of Ph or anything else, many animals, icluding sheep are often thrown dead into water as careless farmers would rather do that than dispose of the sheep correctly. Rats included, along with deer etc. Water from a mountain usually has been filtered through rock and has heavy soil deposits. My grandparents and father both have their only means of water through a well which is pumped up into the house. I wouldn't use it as I know that although its filtered through rock that a lot of iron ore is in the area and the land that they own are highly fertilised which bagged fertiliser and manure.
If I remember correctly, your from Romania, I know nothing about your country so forgive my ignorance but why would it not be easier getting water from your tap, or your friends tap. Is this water not from a chemical treated system to make it safe?
Rather than lugging buckets from the heights or foot of a mountain I think it would be easier to add some dechlor.

I am talking about commercial bottled water. In this case Roua. Which I think is just tap water or mountain water with added chlorine. And I asked him "Wouldn't it just be the same as getting tap water only that it costs more money? Waste of money." (and no, he still didn't change his mind pff)

After you've said about the dead animals in it... I'm wondering why I'm still drinking this. But at least it has better taste than tap water.