does salt water effect......

seanliston · 01/31/2006, 05:20 PM

septic tanks?

i kno it sounds like a weird question but it just occured to me, as we are having trouble with ours. dumping all that water change water down there...well thats about it, any comments are appreciated.

thnx.

sean

wetWolger · 01/31/2006, 05:40 PM

humm....i am not sure but I imagine it would. Since the salt would be slowly building up. I would accually also worry about it increasing the salt level of the soil in your leach field (i assume you have a leach field, not sure if you can do a septic without one....I don't know a lot about them). I could be way off, like I said I don't know a lot about them....but that is what comes to mind

vonodie1 · 01/31/2006, 05:44 PM

I remember a topic very similar to this being discussed only a few days ago, so I did a search and found it.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=762673

Hope this is what you had in mind.

seanliston · 01/31/2006, 08:58 PM

thnx alot ... i guess i missed that post :P

Anemonebuff · 01/31/2006, 09:03 PM

Dump it behind the garage.

hopper · 01/31/2006, 09:29 PM

I pour mine out on the cracks in the concrete where the grass wants to grow. Kills it off eventually. Also pour it out on the concrete. For you northerners, I would supposed that pouring it out on the walkways or driveways would help with any icing problems. Never had the capability to try this as we have only seen below freezing temps here a couple of times this year. Every once in a blue moon we get a ice storm and every business in town closes for the duration. And as far as snow in Louisiana, we haven't seen the stuff in over a decade.

seanliston · 02/01/2006, 10:16 AM

works for me ... im up in canada so its nice and cold... now at least..........

01/31/2006, 05:20 PM	#1
seanliston Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 158	does salt water effect...... septic tanks? i kno it sounds like a weird question but it just occured to me, as we are having trouble with ours. dumping all that water change water down there...well thats about it, any comments are appreciated. thnx. sean

01/31/2006, 05:40 PM	#2
wetWolger Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,955	humm....i am not sure but I imagine it would. Since the salt would be slowly building up. I would accually also worry about it increasing the salt level of the soil in your leach field (i assume you have a leach field, not sure if you can do a septic without one....I don't know a lot about them). I could be way off, like I said I don't know a lot about them....but that is what comes to mind __________________ cheers, jent d-_-b Current Tank Info: 66gal = 32x24x20

01/31/2006, 05:44 PM	#3
vonodie1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: OK Posts: 188	I remember a topic very similar to this being discussed only a few days ago, so I did a search and found it. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=762673 Hope this is what you had in mind. __________________ Stacy Current Tank Info: an empty 180 gallon

01/31/2006, 08:58 PM	#4
seanliston Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 158	thnx alot ... i guess i missed that post :P

01/31/2006, 09:03 PM	#5
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	Dump it behind the garage.

01/31/2006, 09:29 PM	#6
hopper Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bossier City, La. Posts: 623	I pour mine out on the cracks in the concrete where the grass wants to grow. Kills it off eventually. Also pour it out on the concrete. For you northerners, I would supposed that pouring it out on the walkways or driveways would help with any icing problems. Never had the capability to try this as we have only seen below freezing temps here a couple of times this year. Every once in a blue moon we get a ice storm and every business in town closes for the duration. And as far as snow in Louisiana, we haven't seen the stuff in over a decade.

02/01/2006, 10:16 AM	#7
seanliston Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 158	works for me ... im up in canada so its nice and cold... now at least..........