Comment on what are these floating on the surface

• zzpza@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you know if it’s a hard water area? It may just be calcium.

  When you say “funky”, was it a little fury and white? If so, that’s probably calcium deposits.

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  • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wow I just learned of Hard Water vs Soft Water. I googled and yeah its a moderately hard Water area. So I assume this is normal (or at least nothing to be alarmed about)?

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    • cabbagee@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yup, completely normal. I have hard water and my kettles get calcium buildup after a handful of uses. Soak with white vinegar to remove the buildup. Or if you’re like me and forget until last second, boil 50/50 vinegar/water and deal with the vinegar smell, lol.

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      • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ahh thank you! Kinda freaked out seeing so much weird stuff on the water’s surface. Out of curiosity would regular consumption of such water have any adverse effects?

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  • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yo it came back. It looks like this Image

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    • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This looks like a specific kind of… fungus?..aging?. I can’t find an English word for it, but it looks like the black spots you get in clothes when you leave them in a wet pile for too long.

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      • harmonea@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the black spots you get in clothes when you leave them in a wet pile for too long

        We call that mold or mildew.

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      • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wiped them off with my finger the first time, it looks like chalky white powder.

        The next batch of water we boiled looked fine. The batch afterward had this residue again

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