Heres a crazy thought....

[portabuddy]

i think a rain barral is a far better way of gathering water that is chemical/mineral free...

 

[Potts050]

I've decided that I'll use RO water instead. My mbuna are too valuable to risk it.

 

[Wolf3101]

An RO/DI system is definatly the way to go. I had reservations at first but I wouldn't go back to tap water for love or money now....

If you want a REALLY intresting expierament then send a small part of the waste water off for analisis and see all of the heavy metals and other garbage the process removes...

 

[duke33]

Aren't most houses piped with copper or is that just the heating baseboards im thinking of?

Most houses were plumbed with copper. I bet most peoples houses on here use copper plumbing.

 

[Potts050]

The inside of copper pipes quickly become coated with insoluble salts and carbonates from the water supply. Once this happens, copper will stop leaching into the water that runs through the pipes.

But, as Oddball pointed out, this doesn't happen with the refrigeration coils in the dehumidifier, so it will constantly leach copper into the water it collects. If the water in the aquarium is soft or acidic, this can be dangerous to the fish as metals accumulate in the gills, kidney and liver of fishes, eventually destroying them.

 

[duke33]

The inside of copper pipes quickly become coated with insoluble salts and carbonates from the water supply. Once this happens, copper will stop leaching into the water that runs through the pipes.

But, as Oddball pointed out, this doesn't happen with the refrigeration coils in the dehumidifier, so it will constantly leach copper into the water it collects. If the water in the aquarium is soft or acidic, this can be dangerous to the fish as metals accumulate in the gills, kidney and liver of fishes, eventually destroying them.

Yes, but what about new houses? How long would it take until the build up makes them "safe"?

 

[Absolute Aquariums]

The inside of copper pipes quickly become coated with insoluble salts and carbonates from the water supply. Once this happens, copper will stop leaching into the water that runs through the pipes.

But, as Oddball pointed out, this doesn't happen with the refrigeration coils in the dehumidifier, so it will constantly leach copper into the water it collects. If the water in the aquarium is soft or acidic, this can be dangerous to the fish as metals accumulate in the gills, kidney and liver of fishes, eventually destroying them.

so you're saying water from a newly constructed house will have copper leeched into it and the only way to add water to a tank will be through RO not the convetional ways?

 

[jdepasqu2]

so you're saying water from a newly constructed house will have copper leeched into it and the only way to add water to a tank will be through RO not the convetional ways?

TO BE HONEST....., Not many new houses are being plumbed with copper piping because the price of copper has gone up so much.... PVC is defiently used more ofter...... some people prefer copper but really i wouldnt....

 

[oscarluvr]

TO BE HONEST....., Not many new houses are being plumbed with copper piping because the price of copper has gone up so much.... PVC is defiently used more ofter...... some people prefer copper but really i wouldnt....

i have in the last year or two been replacing my copper pipe with pvc take a piece of old copper pipe from your water supply, and look inside that pipe, it will make you wonder why you are still alive from drinking that water

 

[Absolute Aquariums]

i have in the last year or two been replacing my copper pipe with pvc take a piece of old copper pipe from your water supply, and look inside that pipe, it will make you wonder why you are still alive from drinking that water

well thats all fine but what about pvc freezing and breaking during the winter? I understand that your pipes might be nasty but changing them at your house dosen't do nothing if the pipes are nasty all the way to the water company. The last twenty feet may look good but what about the first 10 miles? People RO the water for their fish but drink right out of the tap. now thats what i wonder about.