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That's why I'm really afraid to use my rainwater here in Arrow's tank. I would love to a little bit but also... my neighbor is getting them because he uses tap water. I think he has a leaky intake pipe but it could also be city water in general. I don't drink it and no one I know can. Arrow swims in ice mountain spring water.

Are you saying your neighbor is getting snails into his house because he uses tap water? And you think you will get snails if you use rainwater in your tank?

If what I wrote is what you think, then I think you need to put it out of your mind. Use your rainwater...you aren't going to get snails from it. Snails come in on plants. And the snails you can buy at the pet store, mystery snails and nerite snails, won't overrun your tank. Nerites' eggs won't hatch in a tank, and mystery snails' eggs you watch for and remove from the glass. Mystery snails are fun to incubate and raise, as long as you have somewhere to take them when they're about 1/2 inch. I raised around 200 of them, and took them to a tropical fish store to be sold.

Using bottled water long term may not be good for Arrow, unless all the minerals are left in it when it's processed. Fish get vital nutrients from their water, as well as from food. "Sterile" water deprives them of these nutrients.
 

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Good Morning all. It is Tuesday yayyy. And it is time to get back to trying to killing myself softly with minus points. But don't tell the Dark Lord as he just might take that Spork and try to hit me with it. Ow ow ow Don't hit me Dark Lord, I promise to try and make good guesses.
So I am calling @Cathie G Dark Lords given mission to use some obscure English elliptical construction in her posts. Oh wait I googled Sitting Duck and he told me that it is an idiom. So I am calling her mission to be the use of Idioms in her posts. Huh that HAS to be it.
 

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Are you saying your neighbor is getting snails into his house because he uses tap water? And you think you will get snails if you use rainwater in your tank?

If what I wrote is what you think, then I think you need to put it out of your mind. Use your rainwater...you aren't going to get snails from it. Snails come in on plants. And the snails you can buy at the pet store, mystery snails and nerite snails, won't overrun your tank. Nerites' eggs won't hatch in a tank, and mystery snails' eggs you watch for and remove from the glass. Mystery snails are fun to incubate and raise, as long as you have somewhere to take them when they're about 1/2 inch. I raised around 200 of them, and took them to a tropical fish store to be sold.

Using bottled water long term may not be good for Arrow, unless all the minerals are left in it when it's processed. Fish get vital nutrients from their water, as well as from food. "Sterile" water deprives them of these nutrients.
That is very interesting.
 

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Well I redid my pond and I it is mostly working. There is still a leak somewhere on the upper part of the walls. So i will be giving it another coat of the liquid vinyl paint. Do you think I could put a Beta fish in it? Or would that be too cold and big for one? I used rain water to fill it up.

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Well I redid my pond and I it is mostly working. There is still a leak somewhere on the upper part of the walls. So i will be giving it another coat of the liquid vinyl paint. Do you think I could put a Beta fish in it? Or would that be too cold and big for one? I used rain water to fill it up.
That's so pretty! I love ponds, but where I live they just don't work out well.

I think a betta would die in there pretty fast. They need water that's 80°F, so the pond would be too cold. You need a cold water fish, like a goldfish. But the pond is only big enough for a short time, and you would need to rehome him. Maybe a lizard will come along and move in. That would be nice.
 

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That's so pretty! I love ponds, but where I live they just don't work out well.

I think a betta would die in there pretty fast. They need water that's 80°F, so the pond would be too cold. You need a cold water fish, like a goldfish. But the pond is only big enough for a short time, and you would need to rehome him. Maybe a lizard will come along and move in. That would be nice.
Frog's, lizards, gecko's, Spiders (non-venomous) are all welcome. Snakes beware and go away and oh Chameleons are definitly welcome too. And Birds as well.

Hmmm, maybe a few goldfish - those ones with the long flowing tails will be nice. The possibilities are endless.
 

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@CarolM Do you get snow there? How cold are your winters? I have no idea why I'm asking...it just popped into my head.
Where I live we do not get snow. In Ceres and on top of Table Mountain we do get snow. This winter we had a very cold winter but the lowest we went down to was about 7 ° C = 44.6 °F So it can get cold here, but mostly it is quite warm.
 

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Where I live we do not get snow. In Ceres and on top of Table Mountain we do get snow. This winter we had a very cold winter but the lowest we went down to was about 7 ° C = 44.6 °F So it can get cold here, but mostly it is quite warm.

I find that surprising. You are so far south, I expected you had severe winters.

Hmmm, well, I learn something new every day! ?
 

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I find that surprising. You are so far south, I expected you had severe winters.

Hmmm, well, I learn something new every day! ?
We are in Africa so when there is snow here (In Ceres and on top of Table Mountain ) it is always a big event and everybody has to go visit, so that they can say that they saw the snow. ? But our severe winter comes in the form of storms which is hard rain and lots of it as well as strong winds. Although this year has been the first year in a very long time that we have had a decent rainfall. We have had on occassion some hail, but no snow in the city. The closest the snow has been in the city is or was on Table Mountain. Now in Guagteng (Johannesburg) they do get hail on a regular basis. And their cold is a very different to our cold. It could be the same degrees but you feel it differently. Their air is dryer than it is here in Cape Town and on the few occasions when I visited there in winter, the cold seems to go directly into your bones.

I am sure that you guys experience the same thing with different kinds of cold in different areas there as well.
 

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Where I live we do not get snow. In Ceres and on top of Table Mountain we do get snow. This winter we had a very cold winter but the lowest we went down to was about 7 ° C = 44.6 °F So it can get cold here, but mostly it is quite warm.
That’s it!!!! I’m moving in.... it’s perfect really.... the other side of the world, no freezing, .... the list is compiling as I ponder...?
 
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