Real sea water

[kenny80]

Hi. I live in england,Southport by Liverpool. I was just wondering if I can use real sea water in my tank rather than buying? I am 5 mins away from the coast so is easy enough.

 

[TbyZ]

Hi K8

I use NSW. I live near the beach south of sydney. The seawater here is pristein. How clean is your source?

If its good to go, its good to go

 

[DLHDesign]

BRS did a good video on this just recently:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/video/view/faq-35-ocean-water-in-reef-tanks/

 

[kenny80]

Hi K8

I use NSW. I live near the beach south of sydney. The seawater here is pristein. How clean is your source?

If its good to go, its good to go

I wouldn't call it pristine but the waters here are cooler and full of plankton and pods etc. Britain's coasts aren't known for corals.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

I have always heard natural sea waterm has silicates can some confirm.

 

[TbyZ]

I wouldn't call it pristine but the waters here are cooler and full of plankton and pods etc. Britain's coasts aren't known for corals.

The temp doesn't matter. If its poluted by sewage or shipping or the like, probably better making it.

If its clean theres no reason not to use it. Check salinity, no3, po4,

 

[TbyZ]

I have always heard natural sea waterm has silicates can some confirm.

Seawater has everything on the periodic table. Corals come from seawater

 

[kenny80]

BRS did a good video on this just recently:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/video/view/faq-35-ocean-water-in-reef-tanks/

Yeah thanks for that link, I don't think the waters here will be suitable after watching that. We have oil riggs all around our coast as well as shipping channels,then there is the dosing factor,these waters probably lack calcium etc. Think I might do some more research.

 

[kenny80]

Anyone from the UK use natural sea water? If so how have you found it?

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Try setting up a small tank and see if fish and coral would survive.

 

[alton]

I am not sure if I can post this link but a local member in our club has been using local seawater for years, and our water is not pristine. Mostly full of the Mississippi mud.

http://www.maast.org/showthread.php...nd-canal-water&highlight=corpus+christi+water

 

[TbyZ]

The Great Barrier Reef exibit at Townsville Aquarium in Australia use seawater from the tidal Ross creek for water changes. This is a 2.6 million litre exibit. They originally used pristein off shore water delivered by barge. But it was too clean. So they started using Ross Creek water because it had nutrients. They also got rid of the sand filters, increased circulation & upped the calcium & alkalinity. Coral mortality fell from 70% to only 30%. I'll put up the link to the article next time I'm on my computer.

 

[Diego Johnson]

It seems very reasonable. We keep seawater aquariums and so why not put natural seawater in them. It saves money too, no more buying those expensive buckets of a dry salt mix.
Thank you

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I have always heard natural sea waterm has silicates can some confirm.

It does to some extent, and that's probably a benefit, not a detriment. I dosed silicate for many years.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Hi. I live in england,Southport by Liverpool. I was just wondering if I can use real sea water in my tank rather than buying? I am 5 mins away from the coast so is easy enough.

You'll probably find it more of a pain than its benefits, but if the water seems clean, I'd use it.

I have clean water (albeit cold) not far from me and I have collected it a few times, primarily for the bacteria and other small life forms in it.

 

[ThunderGoose]

Hmmm... I live near the coast and I have access to a boat... I may have to try mixing some natural water with my prepared water. It's probably too much trouble to do every time I do a water change. Interesting topic.

 

[Peter Blue Reef]

I used NSW that I took from the reef in Hawaii. If I lived in Sydney I would do the same. If I lived in England I would get an RO/DI system and never consider using the water there. But feel free to experiment.

 

[Hans-Werner]

Anyone from the UK use natural sea water? If so how have you found it?

I went to the seaside and there it was. It was not hard to find.

Sorry, I couldn´t resist.