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Distilled water for minnows?
Is distilled water for shiners overnight a no no? Go 100 shiners that i want to keep alive over night for tomorow morning pond trip. Got 2 gallons of water from the store. Will this be ok?
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Hey Big, I always just use water out of the hose, never thought of distilled water. Don't know what that would do...
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Never considered distilled water before. Let us know how it works out. You'll still have to add air somhow.
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Don't know, but most tap water needs to clear out chlorine or they will die very quickly.
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maybe just try bottled spring water. No clorine but has minerals, etc.
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Well i put in one gallon last night around 8:00 and been rotatin a frozen 20oz cole bottle and they holdin up strong
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Distilled water is fine (for that limited time). Tap water is NOT. Tap water contains chlorine &/or chloramine (chlorine/ammonia). While chlorine will excape from tap water, when allowed to sit in an open container for ~24hrs, if your tap water contains chloramine ... the chlorine will escape, but the ammonia will not.
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You can use water that has plenty of air but you must watch out for chlorine levels from normal taps for it will easily kill your minnows, i always perfer just going to a small stream or creek near by and put a air box in there
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Y'all all must be city boys. Well water ain't got no chlorine in it.
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BustedOriginally Posted by SeaRay
But, even though well water may not have chlorine in it ... some have sulphur, and some have a high iron content (& who knows how many other chemicals leach into them). Check out #4 in this listing :
Robinson Wholesale, Inc.
The first 10 recommendations, in that link, are good things to know for those of you contemplating keeping your own minnows !!
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