hi, i know not to use tap water to keep my new tadpoles happy but can i use good quality mineral water instead
2007-04-09 23:03:55 · 6 answers · asked by traffert 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Better not to - use bottled still water (cheaper anyway), or better still, collected rainwater (cheapest option). The balance of the minerals may not be good for them, but plain water or rain water is. After all in nature they would be in plain water.
2007-04-09 23:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I'm sorry people but please go play in traffic.
To your question, I wouldn't use mineral water. For the past several years I've raised tadpoles of frogs toads and newts, just FYI.
Tap water is JUST FINE, unless you have a high chlorine amount in yours, which if you do you'd know. But even the small ammount of chlorine found in everybody's tap will evaporate within a couple days. SO USE TAP WATER.
And for feeding, try boiled vegatable leaves, like cabbage or lettuce. The boiling just makes it softer, like aquatic plants. And when they're bigger try some live brine shrimp or water fleas if available at a petshop, the protien will speed up growth but is not nessessary. But they would do slightly better in tannined water. Tannins come off rotting plant matter, so if you want to make their tank look nice try putting a log (like for fish aquariums) or even sticks or dead leaves.
The most important thing is food and how much oxygen is in the water (Tap water is good for that) and also warmer the water faster they grow (bout 60-75 degrees F is good)
Hope this helped and saved you a trip for the needless pond water!
2007-04-10 13:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Effusive 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I THINK THAT NEITHER THE TAP WATER NOR DISTILLED WATER (MINERAL WATER ) BCZ THEY LIVE IN POND WATER SO I THINK THAT YOU SHOUL TRY POND WATER OR IF THATS NOT AVAILABLE TAKE SOME WATER U NEED TO KEEP UR TADPOLES THEN PUT SOME MUD IN IT AND THEN PUT SOME AQUATIC PLANTS LIKE HYDRA , WATER LILIES ETC THAT WATER ALSO CAN BE USED BUT REMEMBER THAT POND WATER IS THE BST
THANKS
ANCHIT
2007-04-10 06:22:15 · answer #3 · answered by anchit_virmani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Go fetch more of the water where u got your tadpoles. Its their natural habitat. They will die if you give pure mineral water. maybe can mixed.
2007-04-10 10:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by Bubba 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine that would be any better. Try pond water, since tadpoles normally live in ponds.
2007-04-10 06:08:11 · answer #5 · answered by Notherenow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USE THE WATER FROM WHERE U GOT THEM
2007-04-10 06:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by SSS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋