General Care Discussion :: conditioned water or bottled water

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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:17 am   conditioned water or bottled water

i use bottled poland spring water instead of conditioned water because my town puts fluoride (the stuff thats good for your teeth) into our water, and i wasn't sure weather or not the conditioner takes that out or even if its not toxic to the turtle. can i switch to conditioned water or not? (its kinda a pain to do bottled and more expensive, especially as im about to move to a 125 gallon enclosure.)
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:14 pm   

My water supply has fluoride in it as well. I simply add water conditioner and the water has never affected my turtles' eyes, they seem perfectly fine. I think the big factor that bothers eyes is the chlorine.
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:15 pm   

thanx so much. good to know.
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:26 pm   

i hope you've been recycling the bottles.......
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:39 pm   

of course!
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:18 pm   

:D
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