Can anyone help on Cryptosporidium in water

[Rodney Pont[_2_]]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:14:06 +0100, shreked wrote:

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>Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a
>outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to
>boil water before giving to pets and humans using it.
>
>Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store
>fish in a small swimming pool until I get the pond sorted.

Fish are affected by it although it might not be the same strain. A
reverse osmosis unit will produce water free from it and a lot cheaper
than boiling but you won't get a lot of water a day. I saw one recently
(Practical Fishkeeper I think) that cost œ100 and did 100 gallons a
day.

http://www.ro-man.com/shop/index.php?cPath=91 have them.

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[shreked]

Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a
outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to
boil water before giving to pets and humans using it.

Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store
fish in a small swimming pool until I get the pond sorted.

Thanks




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shreked

[shreked[_2_]]

shreked;800429 Wrote:
> Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a
> outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to
> boil water before giving to pets and humans using it.
>
> Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store
> fish in a small swimming pool until I get the pond sorted.
>
> Thanks


Thanks looks as if I gotta spend out or maybe have a work with my
purchaser and see if I can keep them where I live at pres. At least its
normal there




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shreked

[Reel McKoi[_10_]]

"Rodney Pont" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:14:06 +0100, shreked wrote:
>
>>
>>Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a
>>outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to
>>boil water before giving to pets and humans using it.
>>
>>Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store
>>fish in a small swimming pool until I get the pond sorted.
>
> Fish are affected by it although it might not be the same strain. A
> reverse osmosis unit will produce water free from it and a lot cheaper
> than boiling but you won't get a lot of water a day. I saw one recently
> (Practical Fishkeeper I think) that cost o100 and did 100 gallons a
> day.
>
> http://www.ro-man.com/shop/index.php?cPath=91 have them.
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Isn't the water demineralized by that process. That would make it useless
for fish unless minerals were re-added.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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[Rodney Pont[_2_]]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:31:31 -0500, Reel McKoi wrote:

>> Fish are affected by it although it might not be the same strain. A
>> reverse osmosis unit will produce water free from it and a lot cheaper
>> than boiling but you won't get a lot of water a day. I saw one recently
>> (Practical Fishkeeper I think) that cost o100 and did 100 gallons a
>> day.
>>
>> http://www.ro-man.com/shop/index.php?cPath=91 have them.
>=======================
>Isn't the water demineralized by that process. That would make it useless
>for fish unless minerals were re-added.

Not useless, I admit not ideal and hopefully not for long but it would
be better than cryptosporidium. They have dangerously high levels of it
in the water supply in Northampton and it could take weeks for it to
get back to normal. Last I heard the water company hadn't even managed
to trace the source of it and once they do they have to deal with it
and then flush all of the pipes. The pond water will pick up minerals
from the atmosphere anyway so I don't think it will be a problem.

Admittedly a couple of lumps of limestone in wouldn't harm :-)

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Regards - Rodney Pont
The from address exists but is mostly dumped,
please send any emails to the address below
e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk

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there are water filters will remove something the size of crypto. I would suggest
not feeding the fish very much and not changing too much water.
http://www.abundantearth.com/store/undercounterfilter.html
Ingrid

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:14:06 +0100, shreked >
wrote:
>Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a
>outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to
>boil water before giving to pets and humans using it.
>
>Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store
>fish in a small swimming pool until I get the pond sorted.
>
>Thanks