Shark pond construction pictures
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sharkboy13
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wow nice!
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supermanvx
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hows the snorkelin' tank comin?
sharkguy22
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Reminds me of my old pond. Better have enough support there. I had 4 by 4 and I had bowing.
ac
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I'm not aware of a formula that you refer to krj-1168. I just got 7 buckets of salt and will go from there. I had a bunch of plumbing parts that were going to show up today, but the shipper lost the box. So no new pictures yet. As for cost per gallon I try not to think of depressing things like that. The budget is already to tight due to the fact that my wife wants it pretty
I have rethought the return pump, but I have to sell the one I have before I can get the one I need. If anyone's interest it's in the classifieds. It's a pan world 200ps.
krj-1168
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There is a formula for making your own sea salt - instead of by the pre-made stuff.
Here's the salt formula from mattiej
Salt Mix Recipe
25 gallon Mix
NaCl 2350 g
MgCl 500 g
MgSO4 400 g
CaCl2 110 g
Kcl 66 g
NaHCO3 20 g
SrCl2 2 g
Kent Marine Essential Elements 1 capful
Sources:
NaCl solar salt, water softener salt
MgCl2 magnesium chloride ice melter at most Home Depots
MgSO4 Epsoms salt at any grocery or drug store
CaCl2 another ice melter
KCl solar salt that is called pipe safe again at Home Depot
NaHCO3 baking soda
SrCl2 Kent Marine Turbo Strontium
The Kent Marine Essential is just to round out the mix and can be substituted with any full spectrum additive
At the request of some here is my version of the recipe I use for all my FO and mixed tanks. Just dissolve the above amounts in 25 gallons of RO water and aerate for atleast 24 hours. The resultant specific gravity will be about 1.023-1.024 with a pH of about 8.1. You can always up the sodium bicarb and get slightly higher pH and alkilinity
From my basic understanding about it - you would save about 50% on the cost of salt.
Here's the salt formula from mattiej
Salt Mix Recipe
25 gallon Mix
NaCl 2350 g
MgCl 500 g
MgSO4 400 g
CaCl2 110 g
Kcl 66 g
NaHCO3 20 g
SrCl2 2 g
Kent Marine Essential Elements 1 capful
Sources:
NaCl solar salt, water softener salt
MgCl2 magnesium chloride ice melter at most Home Depots
MgSO4 Epsoms salt at any grocery or drug store
CaCl2 another ice melter
KCl solar salt that is called pipe safe again at Home Depot
NaHCO3 baking soda
SrCl2 Kent Marine Turbo Strontium
The Kent Marine Essential is just to round out the mix and can be substituted with any full spectrum additive
At the request of some here is my version of the recipe I use for all my FO and mixed tanks. Just dissolve the above amounts in 25 gallons of RO water and aerate for atleast 24 hours. The resultant specific gravity will be about 1.023-1.024 with a pH of about 8.1. You can always up the sodium bicarb and get slightly higher pH and alkilinity
From my basic understanding about it - you would save about 50% on the cost of salt.
threed240
Member
Also, check if your local fish store has bags of salt that they use. They can get them for store use, but they usually don't sell them to the public. I buy 150gal bags of Oceanic from my LFS for around $25. I just open them and pour it in my empty big blue containers. I save alot that way.
