seawater vs. artificial salt.

[juniorjose]

how many of you use artificial salt and how many use natural sea water?

 

[Pani16]

natural sea water...we live too close to the ocean lol

 

[ktg113]

Nstural Sea water

 

[juniorjose]

do you guys collect ur water yourself directly from the beach?

wat about the harm of parasites, etc entering the tank?

 

[mrx66699]

mix ....aquacraft marine environment

 

[zoliyis]

I use sea water. It makes the water change so much easier!

 

[ktg113]

I pull mine from the Boynton inlet as the tide is coming in about a hour to hour and Half before scheduled high tide been doing it for three years no problem I pull any where from 50 - 200 gallons at a time when I do it. Not hard to do at the Boynton inlet just need a power source ( generator or inverter off your battery) pump a hose and something to limp the water in. At Boynton you can park right on the inlet

 

[RcToners]

NSW from my canal with flow through @ high tide

 

[tom atchison]

another nsw boynton inlet 2.5 years my corals love it. i do need to lower salinity with rodi

 

[maxheadroom]

I get natural sea water from Jupiter inlet. 90 gallons every 2 weeks gets me thru.

 

[clayspst]

i mix mine

 

[Elan L.]

i dont care if its hightide or not. the things that are allowed to be dumped off our coast are unbelievable. One of the reasons stony corals are having so much difficulty in our waters

 

[zoliyis]

In Boston i used to mix my water, but since i moved to fl, i just buy sea water from my local dealer. I have a couple of friends that have had their tanks for several years (5 years and more) that uses sea water from high tide that are successful.

 

[RcToners]

i dont care if its hightide or not. the things that are allowed to be dumped off our coast are unbelievable. One of the reasons stony corals are having so much difficulty in our waters

You are much more likely to put something in your tank from a frag then you are from getting NSW.

 

[Elan L.]

You are much more likely to put something in your tank from a frag then you are from getting NSW.

yea but you cant dip seawater. and im not worried about pests coming from the water, just really bad quality.