UCSB Santa Barbara NSW Natural Sea Water...
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cayecaulker
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Iam going tomorrow. Thats too bad you cant make it.
It should be fun.
It should be fun.
billyzbear
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I just wanted to say thanks for the heads up on this one. Been using the water now for 6 months or so no problems.
nice dose any one know if you can drive up to it or do you have to keep carrying it back and froth from your car 
also can any one give me a bit better directions i am in Lompoc but go to thousand oaks 4 time a mouth so i can stop buy and get the water for FREE hehe thx guys
also can any one give me a bit better directions i am in Lompoc but go to thousand oaks 4 time a mouth so i can stop buy and get the water for FREE hehe thx guysnice dose any one know if you can drive up to it or do you have to keep carrying it back and froth from your car also can any one give me a bit better directions i am in Lompoc but go to thousand oaks 4 time a mouth so i can stop buy and get the water for FREE hehe thx guys
also can any one give me a bit better directions i am in Lompoc but go to thousand oaks 4 time a mouth so i can stop buy and get the water for FREE hehe thx guysbillyzbear
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I've parked next to it before and the cop didn't mind.
I've been going there for over a year now. I back my truck right up to it and make sure I leave room for other vechiles to get by. haven't had a problem yet, even when getting 300+ gallons of water at one time. 
It's real easy to find. Take the UCSB exit from the 101 and head into the campus. Turn left at the light when you get past the security shack that's always empty. Go to the first stop sign and turn right. Look right and you will see a bycycle parking lot and a brick wall w/ a tin roof, that's where the water is. Turn right at the entrance and your there. Sign is on the wall for the water so you can't miss it.
It's real easy to find. Take the UCSB exit from the 101 and head into the campus. Turn left at the light when you get past the security shack that's always empty. Go to the first stop sign and turn right. Look right and you will see a bycycle parking lot and a brick wall w/ a tin roof, that's where the water is. Turn right at the entrance and your there. Sign is on the wall for the water so you can't miss it.
1FatBlenny
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me too
Steven,
I'd wait for about a week before getting water. Just to be sure that all of the runoff has cleared the coast.
that's just me though.
jarhead,
Your right. I noticed a improvment in my tank after only a few waterchanges with NSW. I was using IO before and even tried oceanic as well. When I used those salt mixes w/ RO/DI water it would take a day or two for my corals to open back up and look "normal" again. After I switched to NSW, it now only takes a few hours, and I don't even match the temp as much as I should.
I also noticed that after a water change w/ NSW, my skimmer quits producing foam for about a day. Also my LPS corals seem to open up more as well as my other corals just look better. HMM, must be a good thing.
There are some old pic's in my gallery. I need to update them with some new ones now as the tank looks even more different than when those were taken.
I'd wait for about a week before getting water. Just to be sure that all of the runoff has cleared the coast.
that's just me though.jarhead,
Your right. I noticed a improvment in my tank after only a few waterchanges with NSW. I was using IO before and even tried oceanic as well. When I used those salt mixes w/ RO/DI water it would take a day or two for my corals to open back up and look "normal" again. After I switched to NSW, it now only takes a few hours, and I don't even match the temp as much as I should.
I also noticed that after a water change w/ NSW, my skimmer quits producing foam for about a day. Also my LPS corals seem to open up more as well as my other corals just look better. HMM, must be a good thing.
There are some old pic's in my gallery. I need to update them with some new ones now as the tank looks even more different than when those were taken.
liusteven
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blown63chevy said:Steven,
I'd wait for about a week before getting water. Just to be sure that all of the runoff has cleared the coast.
jarhead,
Your right. I noticed a improvment in my tank after only a few waterchanges with NSW. I was using IO before and even tried oceanic as well. When I used those salt mixes w/ RO/DI water it would take a day or two for my corals to open back up and look "normal" again. After I switched to NSW, it now only takes a few hours, and I don't even match the temp as much as I should.
I also noticed that after a water change w/ NSW, my skimmer quits producing foam for about a day. Also my LPS corals seem to open up more as well as my other corals just look better. HMM, must be a good thing.
There are some old pic's in my gallery. I need to update them with some new ones now as the tank looks even more different than when those were taken.
Thanks for the info!
Steven, did you go and get any water? If not, I'd wait a bit. I heard that we are having a red tide right now. Maybe give it a few weeks before you go and get anymore.
That goes for everyone that is getting water from UCSB.
That goes for everyone that is getting water from UCSB.
It pretty much kills everything. It's a large bacterial bloom that turns the water red. It's all part of nature and happens a few times a year.
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