I know it is good for the fish.....

bigevill · #1 04/28/2006, 07:58 AM

but will it kill my lawn? I am tearing down the tank this weekend, almost everything alive is out of it, then the waters got to go. I was thinking about pumping it out on my lawn. will the salt water kill it? I am pretty sure it will, but I wanted to ask anyway.

jiggy · #2 04/28/2006, 10:29 AM

yes it will.. dump it on ur weeds or something.. or on the driveway

AdidaKev · #3 05/01/2006, 03:09 PM

Why not down the sink? Do you have a sewer drain near your house you could dump it into?

ERICinFL · #4 05/03/2006, 11:30 PM

Not only will it kill your grass, it will take a long time before anything will grow back. The salt will remain in the top layers of your soil for quite some time before finally seeping low enough into the ground for grass to grow.

bigevill · #5 05/04/2006, 06:57 AM

I used a garden house to run it out to the street.

scchase · #6 05/06/2006, 08:12 PM

You really shouldnt do that either most street drains lead to rivers or other untreated water and as a result all your salt got dumped into the river and salt buildup in the nations rivers and resulting farmland is bad run it down the domestic drains next time please.

bigevill · #7 05/08/2006, 09:05 AM

I'll bet you yell when the salt trucks arent out after a good freezeing rain too.

Ken-21 · #8 05/08/2006, 09:09 PM

LOL That was a good one!!!!!! You read my mind Bigevill.

As for the water, I pour it around my brick chips and border of my driveway or any place I don't want grass or weeds. Please if anyone doesn't like what I did please don't respond. I'm not into arguing.

grupper · #9 05/09/2006, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by scchase
You really shouldnt do that either most street drains lead to rivers or other untreated water and as a result all your salt got dumped into the river and salt buildup in the nations rivers and resulting farmland is bad run it down the domestic drains next time please.

I doubt that any waste treatment plant has the ability to remove the salt from the water. So, even if you do dump your water down the drain, the salt will end up being dump into the rivers.

(Note: removing salt from the water is a rather expensive process. This is why California takes so much water from the Colorado river rather then just getting their water from the ocean.)

Greg

Nami19 · #10 05/18/2006, 12:29 PM

Considering people wash their cars in the driveway with soap, use pesticides on their lawns and all other types of chemical run off into the street drains, the last thing you have to worry about is salt getting into a river.

Blown 346 · #11 05/19/2006, 01:50 AM

I just dump mine into the storm drain.

cwegescheide · #12 05/23/2006, 08:53 PM

I leave my water change water in buckets on my front porch to evaporate in the sun for 6 mos. After ALL the water has evaporated I then scrape all the salt residue into a container I stole for radioactive waste. Once that fills I will throw it in the back of my truck and drive from Indy to New Mexico and bribe the operators to put my salt next to the waste from the nuclear reactors. I think I'm very considerate of our environment

jaymz101 · #13 05/24/2006, 02:58 PM

Or you could just leave the water in abucket (or 55 gallon rubbermaid) and let the water evaporate off..... then dispose of the salt/proteins/muck/etc.

jaymz101 · #14 05/24/2006, 02:59 PM

oops, should have read further.

Blueboxer · #15 05/25/2006, 08:23 PM

evaporation would take too long

MCary · #16 05/25/2006, 10:19 PM

After the Romans destroyed Carthage they sowed the fields with salt so it would never grow food again. Not exactly miracle grow.

jaymz101 · #17 05/26/2006, 07:55 AM

Not in Florida, but I guess he is in Chicago. Warm, windy summer day??

rustybucket145 · #18 05/26/2006, 10:55 AM

If you have St. Augustine grass it will not hurt it as long as it is kinda spread out. St. Augustine Grows well around ocean and bay spray areas. I actually have a big green spot in my backyard where I dump my change water and skimmer cup.

jaymz101 · #19 05/26/2006, 11:12 AM

that may be more from the skimmer poo than from the salt water. But you ae correct about St. Augustine.

PHIN FAN · #20 05/30/2006, 08:23 PM

Wow saltwater for St. Augustine, It took me 2 years to get this st. aug sod/crap to grow using regular water. Jay will you be my FWC buddy I just got out of the military and was considering applying...serious about applying not really about the buddy...unless you want a buddy..hahahaha..

daytonians · #21 06/03/2006, 12:01 PM

I can't image a few aquariumists (is that a word?) will hurt an ecosystem by dumping salt water. Salt trucks can definately do damage though. Think of all that salt getting dumped into streams year after year. There has to be consaquences from it.