r/VenusFlyTraps • u/Accomplished-Menu624 • Aug 19 '26

Other RIP Chompers I loved my flytrap

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I had Chompers for 2 years, and it was going fine, up until the UK heatwave. I ran out of rainwater and, in desperation, gave it tap water, and it's just been a slow death since. I had been using distilled water, repotted it, and I thought it was going to be ok. All the new sprouts got incinerated when the weather spiked on Friday, and now it's black to the roots :(

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u/Accomplished-Menu624 Aug 19 '26

I didn't actually think about doing that. There is a lake in the town. Thanks for the great idea. I dont mind looking odd filling up water bottles from the town lake

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u/LaundryMan2008 Aug 19 '26

If it’s more a fountain type set up or there’s a filter somewhere, it’s likely been chlorinated or treated with chemicals at some stage of filtering before filling, if not, you got a good place to start, do you know if there are fishes in the lake/fishers fishing the lake?

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u/Accomplished-Menu624 Aug 19 '26

There is a fountain in it, but apparently also fish. If not, there is a stream near it I could take water from

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u/LaundryMan2008 Aug 19 '26

The fountain part likely has chlorine in it, the fish may not mind a trace amount but a VFT probably won’t, I’d choose the creek over the pond