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On 26 Nov 2018, wrote
(in >):

> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, >
> wrote:
>
> > On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
> > news > >
> > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > > country in refrigerated containers.
> > >
> > > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
> >
> > > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > > aquarium water.
> >
> > Oh yeah. How practical is that.
>
> A whole lot more practical than shopping for, schleping, and paying
> for bottled water like a dumb ninny.
>
> As a teen I bred and sold tropical fish in some forty 20 gallon tanks.
> I also filtered and aerated all the water to remove sediment and
> chlorination... was an ongoing process as fresh water was constantly
> needed... basements came in handy. At twelve years old I made more
> money breeding and selling fancy veil tail guppies than kootchie
> collects in rent.

Although you have to admit that breeding guppies is not particularly
difficult.They more or less do it without assistance.

My mollies breed on their own, and I dont fret about the water. It just
goes through the normal pump/filtration system. Ok, so I give them away,
rather than sell them - but I just let the fish get on with it. If a few
babies perish then that is life, as far as Im concerned.Most seem to
survive in the weeds on their own, and I never feed them fry food. They have
to find what they can from the food the adults get.

I wonder if so many people get stressed about water changes that they never
let a natural chemical cycle develop?

However, apologies as I am way O/T

>
>
> Also getting children an aqurium with a pair of guppies is better than
> a class in Sex Ed.
>
> These days this is the way:
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