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Started by Fishtales, June 01, 2017, 02:01:50 PM

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Fishtales

The one thing I do though is cover the mouth of my water bottle with my fingers to seal it before sinking it below the surface of the loch then slowly open them so that the water is partly filtered before going into the bottle. I also check to see how much foreign bodies are floating in it before drinking :) From a burn I take the water from overfalls or fast flowing areas that are deep enough to get the bottle under the surface.
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johnny boy

It may be the case elsewhere that dead things are not often found in lochs but the first thing i was told when i started fishing was dont drink from the loch.

This may be largely due to the number of sheep we had back then as wherever you fished, sheep were present and you always saw their remains floating in a wee bay when out and about.

Still 20+ years later i live by that addege, by the way I do consider flowing water far safer and will drink from it with no worries but my concerns on still water (lochs) remain.


Fishtales

Things die in lochs all the time although most of them we don't see or know about. What is the difference between the loch water and the water in the burn running out of it? My mate is the same, he wont drink loch water but thinks nothing of walking to the burn and filling his bottle there and drinking it. When I ask him what the difference is he says it is flowing water. It is the same water flowing or not :)
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johnny boy

In a loch, if something is dead 20 yards away its likely the water around is polluted and will remain so for a while, the water is not moving so therefore the contamination is relatively contained.

Flowing water from a loch will generally be free from bacteria after a small period of time, unless dead thing is in the outflow.

On the probability of chance i am willing to take risk on flowing water, less so on still water.

At the end of the day we could reasonably say that only tap water is safe as its been refined for our consumption, so those of us who decide to drink elsewhere do at our risk.

Fishtales

Quote from: johnny boy on June 02, 2017, 03:55:59 PM
In a loch, if something is dead 20 yards away its likely the water around is polluted and will remain so for a while, the water is not moving so therefore the contamination is relatively contained.

Flowing water from a loch will generally be free from bacteria after a small period of time, unless dead thing is in the outflow.

On the probability of chance i am willing to take risk on flowing water, less so on still water.

At the end of the day we could reasonably say that only tap water is safe as its been refined for our consumption, so those of us who decide to drink elsewhere do at our risk.

First of all I would never drink from a stagnant pool of water. Loch water is seldom stagnant. Cast a line out and stand and watch it and, even in a flat calm, it moves. In a breeze more so. The currents can flow upwind, downwind, in circles and along the bank against the wind on occasion, so it is seldom 'not moving'. I seldom drink water from the tap without something in it and even then it smells like bleach, and on its own or not boiled, tastes like it too. I live in Lanarkshire which at one time had the softest, purist water in the country, up until 'they' made it 'healthy' by adding chemicals to it. At one time you could breed Discus in water straight from the tap, not any more. I know Discus breeders who sued the water company when they lost a load of their breeding stock when they made the changes. Water from the loch is purer than the water from your tap :)
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SoldierPmr

Quote from: Element on June 02, 2017, 09:49:47 PM
... had to look up what Discus were...  :roll:

E.

I also did thought it was a form of algae  :lol:

Wildfisher

Quote from: Element on June 02, 2017, 09:49:47 PM
... had to look up what Discus were... 

Spectacular fish. I used to have some back in my aquarium days. I'm sure they die out of spite.  :lol:


alba

Always drank loch water, never done me any harm , if your really concerned a steripen for about 40 quid sorts all these issues

Fishtales

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Quote from: admin on June 02, 2017, 10:06:34 PM
Spectacular fish. I used to have some back in my aquarium days. I'm sure they die out of spite.  :lol:



I tried a few times to keep them but they are notoriously difficult to keep and even harder to breed. The water requirements need to be spot on or they just go into decline and keel over. I preferred the Blue Acara or Kribensis for breeding, much easier :)
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Wildfisher

I used to have Malawi and Tanganyikan cichlids too Sandy. Easier to keep, but some of them were very aggressive and fought a lot among themselves. Very colourful fish.

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