Dakota_reef
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If it makes you feel any better I get the same little diatoms with mixed water after I let it sit for a week. It's "live" water, so ther's always microfauna in it. Did you test for phosphates?
UCSB Santa Barbara NSW Natural Sea Water...
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Left a bucket on my back porch full of UCSB NSW. No brown stuff. Just looked at it today... still looks good.
I left it covered for the entire time, and its a white bucket in direct sunlight.
I just got another batch during the rains last week and poured some in my frag tank. Everything is still alive and kicking (fish, corals, anemone etc)
I left it covered for the entire time, and its a white bucket in direct sunlight.
I just got another batch during the rains last week and poured some in my frag tank. Everything is still alive and kicking (fish, corals, anemone etc)
Everything in my tanks are still doing good. Got a bit of red slime going in the new tank. May be the water, may not. but all of my corals are open as usual and look good like they always have since swapping to the ucsb water.
Dakota_reef
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I just added 5 gallons last night.. so far, they all look happy. I'm just worried out continuing phosphate in the water to deal with.
Yep. Took the big truck last time, got 300+ gallons and did a 50%water change on both tanks. Got no water left after that. 
Got to make another trip soon. 
Got to make another trip soon. 
poedag
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Just a friendly reminder from the UCSB staff, (not implying that anyone on this board was the culprit) the NSW hookup is a great resource and cuts costs a bunch, but lets try and keep the area clean and the hose put back on the rack. The last few days i have gone by and the hose was left on the ground, sand everywhere. Lets all do our part to make sure some administrator doesn't decide to cut off access to the NSW! thanks -
Thanks for the reminder.
dodgersfan25
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hey i have some questions.........
1. are there any time limitations to the free water? (gates that close or whatnot)
2. how long is the spigot or hose thingy that the water comes from?
i'm planning on heading up on wednesday, so quick responses would be appreciated!
1. are there any time limitations to the free water? (gates that close or whatnot)
2. how long is the spigot or hose thingy that the water comes from?
i'm planning on heading up on wednesday, so quick responses would be appreciated!
dodgersfan25
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sweet deal. can't get any better than that!
luvtolean
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I have never been to the UCSB campus...but could that possibly be from surfers?
I get water down at Scripps in SD all the time, and surfers are constantly coming up wanting to "borrow the hose for a sec" so they can wash sand off of all their gear and feet after dragging it across the beach.
I don't think so since the hoes is so far away from the beach and in a somewhat sort of hidden area. If you didn't know what it was or that it was there, you wouldn't even give it a second look. Took me a bit to find it the first time I went looking and I even had directions and a map.
Yes, everyone please be curtious to others and put things away. Some of us drive a bit of a distance to use this facility and would hate to see it go away as my tank, as well as others, seems to do much better with the NSW over ASW.
Yes, everyone please be curtious to others and put things away. Some of us drive a bit of a distance to use this facility and would hate to see it go away as my tank, as well as others, seems to do much better with the NSW over ASW.
JHReef
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I just went up there this last Friday to grab some water on the way home and found the hose neatly wrapped around the reel.
In fact, there have only been a handful of occasions where I found it on the ground, and it looked to me like it had just fallen off the reel on it's own. The hose is just crusty enough that you need to sort of tuck it under itself to keep it from jumping off.
In fact, there have only been a handful of occasions where I found it on the ground, and it looked to me like it had just fallen off the reel on it's own. The hose is just crusty enough that you need to sort of tuck it under itself to keep it from jumping off.
Got about 250 G last night. Part of the hose was off the reel, like some one was in a hurry to put it back on and missed in the middle. 
It was all neatly tucked away when I left. Fish are doing fine after a 200 G waterchange. 
Got to change the other tank tonight.
It was all neatly tucked away when I left.
Fish are doing fine after a 200 G waterchange. Got to change the other tank tonight. Similar threads
