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Old 02/02/2006, 11:20 PM
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Is there a use for waterchange water?

I was just wondering if there is a pratical use for this waste water. I am already planning on a system for the waste RO/DI water, gonna use it to water the plants outside and stuff. But can the waterchange waste water be used for this as well. I'm on a septic system, and don't want to dump it down the drain.
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Old 02/03/2006, 01:17 AM
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I am not sure if you would want to dump saltwater for your plants. I could see it drying the roots out and the plant dying.
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Old 02/03/2006, 12:03 PM
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good point, hadn't thought of that. I guess I will just pump it out to the ditch.
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Old 02/04/2006, 01:52 AM
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Dont dump salt water on to plants, it will kill them.
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Old 02/04/2006, 02:14 AM
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noted, dumping saltwater on plants, bad
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Old 02/04/2006, 10:56 PM
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Pour the saltwater on any grass growing in the cracks of your driveway/sidewalk or any other concrete area. It will be dead grass after awhile. Granted, I think it takes a good dosing to do the trick. In the winter you might pour it over the walkways to help with any icing that might occur.
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Old 02/04/2006, 11:31 PM
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I dont have the ice problem! Thank Goodness
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Old 02/05/2006, 02:13 PM
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In the winter you might pour it over the walkways to help with any icing that might occur.
I tried this. I thought 80*F saltwater would melt ice well, but it doesn't. I ran a hose out the bottom of the garage door when I was doing a water change. It melted the first foot or so, but then got cooled and dilluted enough that it froze as well.
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Old 02/05/2006, 11:11 PM
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I thought that the salt in the water would keep it from freezing. Goes to show that I never have had the need to try this in Louisiana. It does kill grass in the cracks of concrete though. Just poured mine on some this evening.
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Old 02/06/2006, 01:09 AM
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Put the used saltwater in a small bucket and put it on top of a slightly opened door. works every time and much better than normal water.
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Old 02/06/2006, 08:12 AM
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Start a brackish tank and use the saltwater mixed with freshwater for that tank.
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Old 02/06/2006, 08:34 AM
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Put the used saltwater in a small bucket and put it on top of a slightly opened door. works every time and much better than normal water.
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Old 02/06/2006, 02:02 PM
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If you have sago palms they love salt water, or any plam tree!

So some plants love it!
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Old 02/07/2006, 08:44 PM
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We have used waterchange water for a brine shrimp hatchery.
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Old 02/07/2006, 08:53 PM
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wonder if there is a cheap way to reclaim the salt in the water? probably not by itself anyway, you'd have everything else too.
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Old 02/12/2006, 01:19 PM
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Old 02/13/2006, 02:25 AM
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Lay out a bunch of large baking pans (with rims, this is important)and fill them with the salt, then scrape that into buckets, the heavy metals and nitrates make it useless for marine tak purposes but you can use it on driveways in granular form or to throw at those pesky religious people who come knocking on your door with pamphlets about how there cult will save you from the evil lord sauragg
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Old 02/13/2006, 05:58 PM
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There is a big green spot in my St. Augustine grass where I drain my water at. So I guess the St. Augustine grass likes it!
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Old 02/13/2006, 07:07 PM
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Hmm, I wonder if bermuda grass and zyosia would like it.
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Old 02/13/2006, 08:03 PM
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Oh man Zyosia can grow in molten lava, at night. A nuclear bomb will go off one day and wipe out everything but cockroatches and zoysia, there will be lawns out in the middle of no were.
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Old 02/13/2006, 08:42 PM
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Salt water has never hurt my St. Augustine grass either by the way.
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Old 02/15/2006, 02:49 AM
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i would say no although it might work for rusting stuff try using it to get the oil off the driveway LOL
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Old 02/17/2006, 05:30 PM
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Space permitting .... set up a tank and fill it with water & tons of live rock and some live sand including macro-algae leaving enough room to add the water from your monthly change ..... the size of the tank should be at least four times what your monthly water changes add up too, but bigger is even better ...... maintain the tank as you would any healthy aquarium minus any expensive filters or gadgets and keep the water circulation very high .... let the live rock & algae do it's thing and enjoy what materializes ..... when you do the first water change after setting up this tank ... put the waste water into it ....... and the second time you do a water change ... use the water in this tank to replacie what you removeand put the "new" old water into the live rock tank ..... suffice it to say that keeping the exchange water tank healthy is very important (but easy) even to the extent of adding supplements ... and will make a surprisingly enjoyable aquarium with other unique possibilities unto itself! Besides saving you tons of money over the long haul.
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Old 02/17/2006, 06:26 PM
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Put the used saltwater in a small bucket and put it on top of a slightly opened door. works every time and much better than normal water.
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Old 02/17/2006, 06:34 PM
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you could also brush your teeth with it :-)
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