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Mon, Apr 23, 12 at 12:31
| I have a recirculating fountain as part of our butterfly garden. I have some large rocks in it to allow a safe place for butterflies to sit and drink. However, the water tends to get kinda slimy after a week or two. I know there are chemicals you can put in the water to prevent that from happening. But obviously I don't want to harm the butterflies either.
So I was curious is others have found a way to treat fountain water without harming the butterflies? |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 23:30
| Butterflies are used to encountering slimy water in nature. They do not drink water anyway. They may dab at a damp fountain or rock surface, looking for minerals, but they have no use for standing water. I do not know if treated water that splashes and wets fountain rocks would harm the butterflies. How often do you see butterflies landing on the fountain, and do they linger there? |
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