I have a 65 gallon tank and mix my salt myself. However I go to the beach almost every weekend. My normal water changes 5 gallons. I was wondering whether it is safe to just bring a 5 gallon container to the beach and fill it with seawater close to the shore or do you have to get the water on an incoming or outgoing tide near an inlet?
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H.reidi.MN
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Beach water is basically skimmate from your skimmer
lol yup...
Ideally go out 7 miles in a boat and grab the pure succulent element rich gulfstream water.
firewill65
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I've seen many of the saltwater delivery companies fill their trucks at the Haulover inlet on an incoming tide. I would probably run UV after I collected.
Have you ever seen the LPS and Acro's that grow on the rocks in the inlet? yea neither have I.
rovster
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Wow, now that is totally ignorant, LOL!:frog:
I know it was slight hyperbowl, but not far from reality. Take a helicopter tour over the inlets on high tide, you can see a drastic color change just hundred yards off shore. So much brackish water is being flushes in and out of the inlets, that the water is not ideal conditions. Especially since its been raining... Other weather events can also effect the salinity or stir up nutrients that are not ideal.
I used NSW for many years on an LPS and softies tank. I also know many successful SPS users who use inlet water, but its not ideal.
firewill65
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You are probably right...that's why I make my own. When you go to most LFS's they are probably getting supplied from the companies that pump in at the inlet though? Or do they mix their own?
Sacohen
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They usually double filter the water as they collect it though.
marke
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I use Only nsw. Been doing it for 10 years. Never had a problem. I do because its easy and it works for me not because its better or worse. The water is taken from the inlets at a high incoming tide and unfiltered. What is seen from a helicopter as mentioned is probably not runoff but sand and silt due to wave and current. I will post a separate thread with a few pics of my sps. As for authentic. No it not worth taking from the beach unless you get offshore a bit. But is 5 gal or 25 lbs hauled 250 ft to the car trunck. Pull out of trunck 70% full due to spillage. Clean the trunck now. Haul it upstairs to the tank. Spill some more? Now filter it? Then uv it? Now let come down from the 92 degree temp. For a single digest % water change? Not worth it I think?
Fish2reef
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I understand the concern about using NSW if you never tried it before, we do have pollution in our water and there is a risk of introducing new pathogens to the tank; however if you know where, how and when you will not have a problem, after years of using both and personal observation I do not think there is comparison between clean NSW and artificial (you do know all but a couple artificial brands comes from inland salt mines then each company add their proprietary blend of additives)
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