Archive for the 'water' Category

What is the difference between distilled water and BOILED water?

I’ve found enough information between the differences of distilled and spring water, but not between distilled and boiled water. Im wondering if there’s a difference between using either distilled or boiled water for mixing formula for my newborn. A lot of the answers here talk about not using distilled, but to use spring [...]

How much water for my garden?

I always water my garden around 5 in the afternoon. It’s summer time and soils are really dry that they crack. How much water should I leave? I have red palms, palm tree, cactus and others.. I only stop watering when I see initial flooding.. since soil absorbs them, within minutes it’s all gone. But [...]

How often should I do water changes? Is my tap water safe for fish?

I have a 20 gallon tank, stocked as follows:
1 swordtail
1 molly
1 pleco
2 glass catfish
3 brilliant rasboras
4 ghost shrimp
I’m wondering how often I ought to do water changes (25%). Also, when I do water changes, what do I need to do to make the water safe for my fish? My tap water is extremely [...]

How can I keep water off the floor under dogs automatic water dish?

I have 3 labs. When they drink, water goes everywhere. I’ve tried towels, plastic and big lid from a storage container. I’m afraid all this water is ruining my floor! It’s not the water dish itself leaking, but the slopping of water from their jawls that seems to run under and [...]

Why do we have low water pressure in some faucets after installation of new water heater?

Today we had a new water heater installed. The plumber/installer had to turn the water off temporarily to install the water heater but then he turned it back on. Since the installation (about 9 hrs ago) we’ve noticed that two of our faucets have extremely low water pressure. The rest of the [...]

How much water do I drain from the pool so I can work on the underground 2" pipes without water problems?

I need to do some work on my 4 underground pool pipes that connect my pool to the equipment. If I lower the water level in the pool so it is lower than the level of the 4 underground 2" PVC pipes, do I eliminate any water problems at the site where I am [...]

I want to plant water lilies in my dam, but need to protect from yabbies. How can I do this?

Yabbies are like a kind of small crayfish that are native to Australia. They can apparently be very destructive & dig up plants, eat leaves/flowers, etc of water lilies. There are lots in our dam & eradication isn’t an option. So I need to come up with some kind of protection. [...]

My water pipe gets ruined as a result of hard water. How do I prevent it?

We derive underground water in our village for daily uses, which does not receive any kind of treatment. The problem is that the pipes and taps all get ruined very fast because of that.how do i prevent that? Is it a result of hard water or lass salinity. Do i need to get any specific [...]

How do I make hard water soft in my fish tank?

I ‘acquired’ a goldfish in a very small tank before Christmas. He now has a bigger tank. When I set the new tank up I put the water from the old tank in the new tank and topped it up with water from the tap which had been treated for chlorine etc. I have been [...]

How do you drip water from a plastic bottle a drop at a time?

I intend to go overseas for about 2 weeks. How will my indoor plants survive while I’m away.
I am using plastic bottles filled with water to drip slowly. The problem is the water does not flow at all with one hole punctured. With another hole punctured at the top of the container the water just [...]