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I am deciding whether to start a fresh water fish tank or a salt water fish tank. I have heard arguments on both sides on which tank is easier to keep. I know that salt water fish are a lot prettier than fresh water fish. Is there any nice fresh water fish that are colorful like salt water fish? I have a 40 gallon tank. Any suggestions?

On another topic… I had a beta fish that died after about 2 days of switching his water. I used half Brita filtered water and half bottled water. A couple days after he died I got 2 gold fish and they died very soon also. I cleaned and changed the water with the new gold fish but used the same combo of water. Is Brita water bad for fish?

Brita water is ok for fish, no problem there. It is equal to water that has been run through a filter that contains carbon ( interesting that the Brita does the same as your tank filter yet people say it's bad) Brita filters do not remove the vast majority of minerals from the water. It will remove suspended materials but not dissolved materials and would not affect the hardness for example. So your Brita didn't do it.

As for colorful freshwater fish I would suggest you check out African cichlids and killifish. They might surprise you.

MM

2007-03-10 12:24:49 by Eric F

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Any water other than city tap water tastes bitter on the sides of my tongue. What might cause this? It does seem strange that filtered (any and all) water tastes bitter to me, but it does.

Although you cannot see it, water is not an empty liquid. It contains a wide variety of metals, chemicals and minerals, amongst other things.

Where the water comes from prior to it getting into your tap plays a great part in the taste of the product you pour. Different areas can have vastly different supply and different water companies add different proportions of water treatment chemical to their supply. Here is just one example of local analysis:
http://www.yorkshirewater.com/extra-serv ices/in-your-area.aspx.

Hardwater contains a high proportion of calcium picked up from the calciferous rock that the water has passed through, this is what causes the scale on the kettle element. http://www.blurtit.com/q350737.html

In some areas the water has passed through peat soils so carries particles that lend a flavour to it. Peat filtered water is one of those that is known as soft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_water.

City water supplies may be made up of a high percentage of reclaimed water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaimed_w ater and the effect upon the finished supply greatly influences the flavour.

Different areas of the tongue 'taste' different aspects of flavour. http://www.oregonwines.com/wine101.php?S ectionID=8&FaqID=198 From habit your tongue has come to expect the flavour of the bland city water it is used to so when you subject it to water that is heavy with minerals it reacts. Water filters use compounds like charcoal to purify the liquid but, like water filtered naturally, these become part of the output so add new flavour. The tingling you feel is down to how your tongue perceives the unexpected content of the water.

If you have difficulty adjusting to a 'new' water then try boiling it before use. This won't completely remove all the flavour you are not used to but it should alter it enough to make it palatable.

Hope that that answers your question for you.

2009-08-12 16:00:40 by rusty

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I don't understand why it's important to have UV protection for filtered water. Please explain.

UVA and UVB lite at high levels kill microbes that filtering can miss. Sort of like giving the little buggers a deadly sunburn. It wont change the taste the way chlorine will.

2007-11-06 06:36:03 by celestial316

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Our fridge has "filtered" water, but I know it can't be the same as purified.. What is the difference?

Purified means it has been treated to remove bacteria.
Filtered means impurities & some minerals are removed.
Reverse osmosis removes all minerals.

2008-06-15 17:45:29 by Cub

When I water my plants, should I use regular tap water or Brita filtered water? Are the minerals and other stuff in tap water the part that actually benefits the plant? Or just the plain H2O?

1) Rain water is best.
2) tap water that sat for 24 hours (allow sediment to settle)
3) tap water 3rd choice.
Brita is a human filtration for personal taste.

2007-09-17 09:30:04 by Scotty Doesn't Know