water question

[wes]

the local aquarium by me gives away free filtered ocean water. its what they use in theyre huge aquariums. could i use it for mine?

 

[frenchman]

Hummm. Maybe but ask to check the readings just in case: salinity, PH, KH, Nitra, Nitri and Ammonia. Better to be safe then sorry.
Also, if it's water from their tanks, check that all their fish are OK and healthy.

 

[twoods71]

Like the post above says, test it. Also ask the folks at the aquarium if the water is good for use in a home aquarium. If everything checks out ok I would say congrats on finding a free water source.

 

[frenchman]

Actually I just saw a similar question answered by sharks on the reef tank board (I think). Try to read it but the consensus was not recommendable

 

[twoods71]

I believe the main differance between this post and the other is that wes is saying that the water is filtered.

 

[wes]

yea its not just water from the ocean. they put it through filtering before it is available. And its what the steven birch public aquarium uses.

 

[guppie]

You know wes I have heard of that place by a couple of other people who use the water. Never tryed it myself, the people I have talked to say it is good quality water, let me know if you stat useing it and how it works out I might try it myself. Good Luck