saltwater shelf life ?

[Pescados]

If you removed salt water from a working, running reef tank into a 5g jug.

How long will that water stay good? Or is it re-usable?

 

[saveafish]

As long as it dont get too warm or freeze. I am thinking it should last a week. As far as keeping bacteria alive. I know I kept a 55gal drum of a tank once when I was moving to a nother tank. 4weeks later I opened it and it smelled like a rotten egg fart. Witch it didnt bother me becuse it was going to be used to cure rock to start with (the smell did bother me ewww)

 

[Pescados]

I have the jugs on a heating blanket and holding at 74 degress.

I only plan to keep the water in the jugs for 2-3 days.

 

[saveafish]

you should be fine than make shure the cap is off so it will breath.