Gold in saltwater?

[holeinone1972]

Randy,

Would gold like a wedding ring have a negative effect on inverts if it fell into your tank, and you did not know it?

Rob

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

No, both the ring and the tank will be fine. :)

[holeinone1972]

Well not sure if that is where my missing wedding ring is, but it is one of the last places I can think.

Wife is gonna kill me if I don't find it soon.

LOl

Rob

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

:lol:

Now that is a problem. :D

[allenreef2]

I have read that gold is naturally in SW. Do you know if their would be any benefits to dosing it? Or if anything actaully uses it?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

There is a very tiny amount in seawater, but I do not think dosing it is worthwhile as the uses are very rare.

Check this link:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0830_goldbug.html

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

FWIW, gold in seawater is present at about 0.000005 ppm or so.

[holeinone1972]

Originally posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
FWIW, gold in seawater is present at about 0.000005 ppm or so.

Not in my tank! LOL

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

:lol:

Well let's see. You've got 240 gallons which about 930 kg of water, so at 0.000005 mg/kg gold, that's 0.005 mg of gold.

At the current price of about $400/ounce, that gold is worth about 0.007 cents.

Of course, with your wedding ring in the tank, the value might be a bit higher than usual. :D