Old Tank Water

[francis1123]

this is a very basic system, but could be put to a larger scale, and give you free topoff water. this link is to show the concept.

http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8411

 

[Andy_Wolfe]

I've been dumping mine on the weeds I have. It seems like they don't come back......

 

[fordp]

I pour mine in my backyard or down the drain. Less grass in my backyard > less mowing > less gas wasted?

 

[username in use]

i used to have problems with my pipes, hundred year old house, but since i started keeping marine tanks, and pouring 5-10 gallons of salt water down the drains every week, i havent had any problems. I think its probably good for your pipes to get a big flush of salt water every now and then.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14626012#post14626012 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by username in use
i used to have problems with my pipes, hundred year old house, but since i started keeping marine tanks, and pouring 5-10 gallons of salt water down the drains every week, i havent had any problems. I think its probably good for your pipes to get a big flush of salt water every now and then.

That's interesting, Can anyone validate that? From a scientific standpoint.

 

[jenglish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14626065#post14626065 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sisterlimonpot
That's interesting, Can anyone validate that? From a scientific standpoint.

older cast pipes can sometimes get clogged with oxidation. maybe the SW oxidized it enough to break off the chunks of rusty metal. Just a thought. seams odd that a little bit of SW that goes down a drain would be different enough to have much effect unless it was a huge tank.

 

[ctenophors rule]

if you have mangroves in your yard you still may not want to water them woith salt because they prefer fresh, and also cant function properly if the water is too brine, or if the substrate they are on is too salty, and purges the ground of nutrients.

as for you crab tree, just rinse were you put the salt thuroughly, or water their more often, it should be okay once the salt drains deeper, and starts to dissipate into the soil in trace ammounts.

 

[emrobinson]

i have a saltwater pool that i put it in, saves a little on salt costs...

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

huh? what do you do to keep the algae out of the pool?

 

[Eric the half-bee]

Mine goes in the yard outside my fishroom. About 80 gallons/month. BUT, I have St Augustine grass/weed and it has showed 0 signs of irritation...

 

[Eric the half-bee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14649912#post14649912 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sisterlimonpot
huh? what do you do to keep the algae out of the pool?

These are quite common now vs. dosing with chlorine. You dump salt into the pool similar to water softener salt and a chlorine generator seperates the Cl- to chlorinate the water. 'Tis a sweet system. The water tastes a bit salty but NO redeye after swimming.

 

[RyanEG]

I dump it in the drive way during the summer to keep the weeds down.

 

[tank41]

When i do a water change from my 75g the siphoned water goes into my 40L Macro algae tank.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Well I'm still waiting for spring to see if I did any damage to my trees. Hopefully i didn't. but time will tell

 

[Venetia]

So what is the most eco-friendly way of getting rid of the salt water? For those of us who don't have a macro algea tank to put it in. That's awesome btw. <a href="http://www.millan.net"><img src="http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/yes.gif" border=0></a>
Any ideas?

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I don't know if that has been answered. And I don't think there is an end all be all answer either. I think the best way is dump it in the ocean. But the majority of us don't live next to an ocean. I guess if you don't have a salt pool the next best thing is tossing it down the drain.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Well, Now that spring is near the grass is starting to turn green however the only place the grass is green at the moment is where I poured the waste salt water..... someone has to answer me why this is happening.

 

[TomCs]

Distillation?... use the created nitrogenous fresh(er) water for the garden and keep the salt for your steak.
However the source of heat required would basically cancel any environmental benefits that may have been gained.
Possibly more cost effective than anything else. Anyways if your doing 20gal water changes every week the equipment needed would rival most governmental laboratories.

 

[MandM]

I pour mine down the drain, not outside. The sewer water goes to a treatment plant that would kill off any living things in the water. Our storm drains go straight to creeks, then to our delta, then the ocean. Being in a warmer climate, non-native algae and such could make it to our delta and coastal waters. We have a real problem with calerpa that has come from aquariums.
Unless you live in the same part of the world that your tank inhabitants are from then dumping your water into the ocean could be really damaging.
I can't imagine that salt water would be good for trees or anything else that we would have in our yards.

Distillation sounds reasonable but the reject solids would be much more than salt. Coral toxins, fish poop, nasty bacteria, larvae... yum.

 

[Paul B]

I agree and I saw that Delta last week. It needs all the help it can get