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08/16/2007, 10:25 AM
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sea water
Hello.
A few iclendic reef keepers have been using the regular sea for water change... Does any one see a problem with this? if not does anybody hava good idea how to transport the sea?
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08/16/2007, 02:39 PM
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A few very lucky reefers here in the U.S. do this. The problem is that it is a good bit of work. Generally speaking to get good quality water for this purpose here, it needs to come from a good distance from shore. Depending on how much water you need at any given time, that could be a good bit of work.
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08/16/2007, 09:52 PM
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08/16/2007, 11:02 PM
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Paul B has been using shoreline sea water without any filtration at all for 30 years, and his tank is doing splendidly. He claims he's never had a problem.
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08/17/2007, 04:52 AM
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Yeah, i think i´l try this, in terms of transportation...
Does any body have a masterplan?
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08/18/2007, 01:25 AM
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i fill 3 five gal buckets tye them to the swim step roll the dock cart up shove them off the step and on to the cart right in to the back of the truck and fight on to a dolly and all the real lifting neccicary is from gound to tank
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08/18/2007, 04:35 PM
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What I know having tried it is that the ocean water in seattle is different from near a reef.O.K. for fish only but not optimal for corals.
Usually the salinity is not as high as most of us keep it so you end up having to add some salt. Then the alkalinity is not as high either. Lastly unlike maybe in iceland (where there would be allot of cold cold water probably much better than our situation). We get rain pouring some of the dirt oil and junk back from the road drains slowly into the ocean. Lastly not to scare you but there are chemicals in the ocean in places that are permanently toxic like DDT'S and PCB's. http://www.pvsfish.org/forms/inlanguage.pdf I took that into account and stopped using it .. IMO it's not worth the risk. And if you can't afford just the salt then downsize or get out!! Thats not really friendly But i believe it's true :-) Paul
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08/18/2007, 10:26 PM
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The salinity in the Gulf is always right around 1.023sg and the alk is right on. For my prop tank I only need 20gal or so for changes, so I just bring 5gal containers. A fellow reefer does 80 gal changes so when we get his water we bring 2 55 gal drums and a pump to fill them up and to pump them to his sump room. He's lucky enough to live on the water...
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