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[simple_joe]

Because of the drought here in California, we are processing sea/salt water (desalination) to yield fresh water.

"Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refer to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water.

Water is desalinated in order to obtain fresh water suitable for animal consumption or irrigation, or, if almost all of the salt is removed, for human consumption."

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination)

Hobbyist in turn take this fresh water, add artificial salt and convert it back to salt/sea water for their tanks.

Anybody else find this strange? Just a thought.

 

[mikedege]

I find this post strange.

 

[gcarroll]

Not me I use no desalinized water to make my salt water.

 

[Crusty Old Shellback]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10736987#post10736987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gcarroll
Not me I use no desalinized water to make my salt water.

Me either. I let nature do it for me.

 

[simple_joe]

Does it make more sense to use NSW from Scripps?

 

[rcastreje]

No Natural Sea Water is harmed in the production of my Salt Water.. ;P

 

[simple_joe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10736987#post10736987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gcarroll
Not me I use no desalinized water to make my salt water.

What do you use to make your saltwater?

 

[GTR]

Corona

SteveU

 

[GTR]

Sorry for the confusion. The above was an attempt to be funny, as in Corona, the beer not Del Mar

SteveU

 

[stryker]

It reminds me how wasteful this hobby is...

- the countless gallons of tap water that goes to the drain (for most of us that do not reuse the waste water) to yeild RO/DI water.

- All that saltwater we put to the drains every waterchange just so we can keep our nutrients down.

- The megawatts we use to run our reefs.

- chemicals and supplements.

- dead livestock.

- carbons, resins, yada, yada, yada.

those bright corals and purdy fishes sure are fun to stare at though.

 

[xtm]

I propose a water swap between the government and reefers!

Government gives us clean saltwater... we give them clean freshwater from our RO/DI "waste water". How's that sound?