vt4lifecuf
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does natural ocean water give diseases? cause i live in FL if it work that well it would save me whole lot of money.
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coral keeper
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Originally Posted by vt4lifecuf
http:///forum/post/2720853
does natural ocean water give diseases? cause i live in FL if it work that well it would save me whole lot of money.
IMO No, natural ocean water does not give diseases. I've been using natural ocean water that I collect myself for more than 2 years with no problems at all. Just make sure you collect water where its nice and clean and where very few people swim. I NEVER collect where LOTS of people swim and I usually collect water 100-200 feet out into the ocean, the farther the better.
http:///forum/post/2720853
does natural ocean water give diseases? cause i live in FL if it work that well it would save me whole lot of money.
IMO No, natural ocean water does not give diseases. I've been using natural ocean water that I collect myself for more than 2 years with no problems at all. Just make sure you collect water where its nice and clean and where very few people swim. I NEVER collect where LOTS of people swim and I usually collect water 100-200 feet out into the ocean, the farther the better.
cowfishrule
Active Member
Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2720888
IMO No, natural ocean water does not give diseases. I've been using natural ocean water that I collect myself for more than 2 years with no problems at all. Just make sure you collect water where its nice and clean and where very few people swim. I NEVER collect where LOTS of people swim and I usually collect water 100-200 feet out into the ocean, the farther the better.
dood.
collect 1 55gal drum worth at a time.
have a 2nd 55 gal drum full and already heated. run a good consistant stream from the drum into your tank. attach an over flow on your sump (if you have one) to some kind of tubing and point it down the drain. this would give you a constant water change. one the first drum nears empty, swap out for the full drum, and refill 1st drum.
http:///forum/post/2720888
IMO No, natural ocean water does not give diseases. I've been using natural ocean water that I collect myself for more than 2 years with no problems at all. Just make sure you collect water where its nice and clean and where very few people swim. I NEVER collect where LOTS of people swim and I usually collect water 100-200 feet out into the ocean, the farther the better.
dood.
collect 1 55gal drum worth at a time.
have a 2nd 55 gal drum full and already heated. run a good consistant stream from the drum into your tank. attach an over flow on your sump (if you have one) to some kind of tubing and point it down the drain. this would give you a constant water change. one the first drum nears empty, swap out for the full drum, and refill 1st drum.
mjweber
Member
How do you move around a 55 gal drum full of water? thats gotta weigh like 800 lbs? I still don't have a sump hooked up on my 30 gal cause its not drilled and I just don't trust those overflows. I think the winning salt is Reef Crystals followed by oceanic. I'm going to start using the reef crystal and see if that holds my pH steady.
cowfishrule
Active Member
Originally Posted by mjweber
http:///forum/post/2721098
How do you move around a 55 gal drum full of water? thats gotta weigh like 800 lbs?
approx 408lbs. a handtruck and some muscle should move it.
http:///forum/post/2721098
How do you move around a 55 gal drum full of water? thats gotta weigh like 800 lbs?
approx 408lbs. a handtruck and some muscle should move it.
coral keeper
Active Member
I normally get about 20 gallons and it lasts me a bit more than a month. I have two tanks, one is an 8 gallon biocube and a 28 gallon HQI nano cube. Do 15% water changes every week. How do you get your water CFR? I get 3-4 gallon jugs/bottles and carry it to the van.
wangotango
Active Member
Somewhere someone posted the element tests for the top brands.
Anyways, I use Reef Crystals and have to add a lot of B-Ionic to keep my calcium up.
-Justin
Anyways, I use Reef Crystals and have to add a lot of B-Ionic to keep my calcium up.
-Justin
indigobluetc
Member
I use IO and seems to work good for me..
cowfishrule
Active Member
lfs by me has rodi.
5 gal bucket lasts me about 10 days or so.
5 gal bucket lasts me about 10 days or so.
stdreb27
Active Member
Originally Posted by WangoTango http:///forum/post/2721349
Somewhere someone posted the element tests for the top brands.
Anyways, I use Reef Crystals and have to add a lot of B-Ionic to keep my calcium up.
-Justin
http://aquariumwatertesting.com/AWT_...lysis_0208.pdf
TMP doesn't do all that well in these tests. Definitely doesn't justify costs.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/319453/best-salt-mix-this-thread-has-a-link-to-data
Somewhere someone posted the element tests for the top brands.
Anyways, I use Reef Crystals and have to add a lot of B-Ionic to keep my calcium up.
-Justin
http://aquariumwatertesting.com/AWT_...lysis_0208.pdf
TMP doesn't do all that well in these tests. Definitely doesn't justify costs.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/319453/best-salt-mix-this-thread-has-a-link-to-data
