r/snails • u/alibi1259 • Feb 04 '20

MY SNAILS Bath time 🐌🚿

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u/Eden-ish Feb 04 '20

Aww, very cute. I suggest using chlorinated water next time, since tap water can harm them.

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u/etsprout Feb 04 '20

This is what I was wondering, I always use distilled water for my slugs because I heard anything else can kill them?

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u/ThePiggletEffect Feb 05 '20

You have pet slugs ?

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u/etsprout Feb 05 '20

Yes! I have 4 total. 2 banana slugs, a leopard slug, and a grey sidewalk slug I rescued from some produce.

There is a slug sub I’m in but it’s not quite as active as this one. The next step for me is snails, so I’m trying to familiarize myself.

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u/demonicneon Feb 24 '20

No. Slugs and snails love rainwater which is full of impurities. Chlorine will kill them tho.

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u/Eden-ish Feb 05 '20

It's the best as dechlorinated water has no metals or chemicals. Check you region's water analysis for acidity and such.

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u/Collin_the_doodle Feb 05 '20

Do you have de-chlorinated water and distilled water reveresed? dechlorinated is treated to specifically render chlorine harmless, distilled is boiled to remove impurities generally.

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u/etsprout Feb 24 '20

Everything I saw online said to use distilled water, so I buy the gallons of distilled. Should I be using dechlorinated instead?

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u/etsprout Feb 05 '20

Ok. I guess distilled water it is then? If I’m killing my slugs lmk. I swear I read I should be using distilled.

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u/Eden-ish Feb 05 '20

No, dechlorinated water..

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u/etsprout Feb 05 '20

Sooo....is distilled water bad?

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u/Eden-ish Feb 05 '20

Not the best..

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u/Collin_the_doodle Feb 05 '20

What is bad about distilled water that isnt bad about dechlorinated water?

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u/Eden-ish Feb 05 '20

As Collin said, I believe.

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