the alantic ocean water

dale08 · 12/22/2006, 09:27 PM

ok now i cant do this yet but i know someone is doing it and its working for him well it started that i serguest to use the water from the ocean at high tide and he says its working gr8 for him everything is working now and that is 75 f0wlr is doing ok and is reef
he is in the gr8 sunshine state of fla and iam in ny did not do it yet cause just god dam too cold to start
just wanted too see how everyone else feel about this idea

rbaker · 12/23/2006, 09:30 AM

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VirginiaDiver · 12/23/2006, 10:18 AM

punkuayshun, capitalizashun and spel chek are youre frend

I used natural seawater in Hawaii. If you can get a clean source it works great. I got mine from a place that had a pipe that went over 100 yards off shore and then it was ran through a filter. If you are too close to shore you have a high likelihood of bad runoff (pollution, chemicals, oils, etc.) and you have a chance of getting undesired organisms in your tank. The tank I had in Hawaii was very healthy and most of the stuff inside was local, so using natural seawater seemed like the best idea possible there.

scubasteve247 · 12/23/2006, 08:42 PM

i work for a lfs in south florida, my boss has been using natural seawater for over 15 years with no trouble, especially in reefs, if your worried about using it, get a uv steralizer and just zap anything in the water, regardless of what anyone says, you cannot replicate the compostition of seawater and thats whats so nice if you live close to a source, its free, and better then anything else. but you need to make sure its collected at the high incoming tide, outgoing tides are full of fertalizers, chemicals and toxins. be careful, the water should be very very clear and have a slight blueish tint,

good luck and happy reefing

dale08 · 12/23/2006, 09:23 PM

cool hey dude in hawaii what a better idea to run a pipe out into the water to collect it and i know my bother is going up too his wasit and collects it by a 5gal pucket and home he goes with out filtering it wish i could do that here in NY its way too cold to go out and collect it

12/22/2006, 09:27 PM	#1
dale08 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: bayside new york Posts: 26	the alantic ocean water ok now i cant do this yet but i know someone is doing it and its working for him well it started that i serguest to use the water from the ocean at high tide and he says its working gr8 for him everything is working now and that is 75 f0wlr is doing ok and is reef he is in the gr8 sunshine state of fla and iam in ny did not do it yet cause just god dam too cold to start just wanted too see how everyone else feel about this idea

12/23/2006, 09:30 AM	#2
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12/23/2006, 10:18 AM	#3
VirginiaDiver Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 19	punkuayshun, capitalizashun and spel chek are youre frend I used natural seawater in Hawaii. If you can get a clean source it works great. I got mine from a place that had a pipe that went over 100 yards off shore and then it was ran through a filter. If you are too close to shore you have a high likelihood of bad runoff (pollution, chemicals, oils, etc.) and you have a chance of getting undesired organisms in your tank. The tank I had in Hawaii was very healthy and most of the stuff inside was local, so using natural seawater seemed like the best idea possible there.

12/23/2006, 08:42 PM	#4
scubasteve247 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: south florida Posts: 1,142	i work for a lfs in south florida, my boss has been using natural seawater for over 15 years with no trouble, especially in reefs, if your worried about using it, get a uv steralizer and just zap anything in the water, regardless of what anyone says, you cannot replicate the compostition of seawater and thats whats so nice if you live close to a source, its free, and better then anything else. but you need to make sure its collected at the high incoming tide, outgoing tides are full of fertalizers, chemicals and toxins. be careful, the water should be very very clear and have a slight blueish tint, good luck and happy reefing

12/23/2006, 09:23 PM	#5
dale08 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: bayside new york Posts: 26	cool hey dude in hawaii what a better idea to run a pipe out into the water to collect it and i know my bother is going up too his wasit and collects it by a 5gal pucket and home he goes with out filtering it wish i could do that here in NY its way too cold to go out and collect it