SW Delivered to my home

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Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
tanks?

[Peter D. Rau]

I'm curious as to what the per gallon charge was for that and how often
you plan on doing it. How is that water processed to remove any
impurities? Where is it collected from?

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> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> tanks?

[[email protected]]

Its $1 per gal delivered, quite reasonable. It's filtered via huge
sand filters, then run through charcol and then a micron filter. It's
collected from a local source here in Halifax NS.
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:36:24 -0600, "Peter D. Rau" >
wrote:

>I'm curious as to what the per gallon charge was for that and how often
>you plan on doing it. How is that water processed to remove any
>impurities? Where is it collected from?
>
wrote:
>
>> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
>> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
>> tanks?

[Michelle Leonard]

I use natural seawater in both my tank - I live at the beach. I collect
from the beach and incoming high tides and that's about it. I live in a
relatively unpopulated area in NE Florida- I've tested the water and it's
pretty darn clean. A little phosphate, but easily removed with a PS. LOVE
it. Never had a problem in over a year - 125 reef and 20 reef going strong.
> wrote in message
...
> Its $1 per gal delivered, quite reasonable. It's filtered via huge
> sand filters, then run through charcol and then a micron filter. It's
> collected from a local source here in Halifax NS.
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:36:24 -0600, "Peter D. Rau" >
> wrote:
>
> >I'm curious as to what the per gallon charge was for that and how often
> >you plan on doing it. How is that water processed to remove any
> >impurities? Where is it collected from?
> >
> wrote:
> >
> >> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> >> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> >> tanks?
>
>

[tropheus]

Scripps Pier, San Diego!
"Michelle Leonard" > wrote in message
. ..
> I use natural seawater in both my tank - I live at the beach. I collect
> from the beach and incoming high tides and that's about it. I live in a
> relatively unpopulated area in NE Florida- I've tested the water and it's
> pretty darn clean. A little phosphate, but easily removed with a PS.
LOVE
> it. Never had a problem in over a year - 125 reef and 20 reef going
strong.
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Its $1 per gal delivered, quite reasonable. It's filtered via huge
> > sand filters, then run through charcol and then a micron filter. It's
> > collected from a local source here in Halifax NS.
> > On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:36:24 -0600, "Peter D. Rau" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I'm curious as to what the per gallon charge was for that and how often
> > >you plan on doing it. How is that water processed to remove any
> > >impurities? Where is it collected from?
> > >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> > >> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> > >> tanks?
> >
> >
>
>

[Don Geddis]

writes:
> >> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> >> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> >> tanks?
> Its $1 per gal delivered, quite reasonable. It's filtered via huge
> sand filters, then run through charcol and then a micron filter. It's
> collected from a local source here in Halifax NS.

Good price, especially with delivery.

I'm in the San Francisco Bay area. A local fish store (Ultimate Aquarium on
El Camino near Hwy 92) imports natural sea water from Catalina, and sells it
from their holding tank at $1/gallon also.

Not quite as convenient as delivery, but easier than mixing and probably
better for the aquarium as well.

-- Don
__________________________________________________ _____________________________
Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
When people say that the desert is lifeless, it just makes me want to grab them
by the collar and yell, "Why you stupid, stupid *******!" Then I drive them
out into the desert to where the circus is, and point out the many forms of
zebra and clown life. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey

[Akk]

Very common practice here on the gold coast of Australia,Quite a few guys do
it for a living.It is cheap clean and efficient
> wrote in message
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> Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> tanks?

[Phil Krasnostein]

Akk

We live two minutes from Bondi, and could easily get our own NSW. Do these
guys dom anything to it, or do you use it as it comes?

Phil

"Akk" > wrote in message
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> Very common practice here on the gold coast of Australia,Quite a few guys
do
> it for a living.It is cheap clean and efficient
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> > mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> > tanks?
>
>

[Akk]

Phil

No mate. they just make sure to get it 1 hour before the high tide.
I dont know about the water at Bondi though ,does it look clean?

Akk
"Phil Krasnostein" > wrote in message
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> Akk
>
> We live two minutes from Bondi, and could easily get our own NSW. Do
these
> guys dom anything to it, or do you use it as it comes?
>
> Phil
>
> "Akk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Very common practice here on the gold coast of Australia,Quite a few
guys
> do
> > it for a living.It is cheap clean and efficient
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> > > mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> > > tanks?
> >
> >
>
>

[Phil Krasnostein]

I think the water at Bondi is OK most of the time -- there are plenty of
fish swimming around.

"Akk" > wrote in message
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> Phil
>
> No mate. they just make sure to get it 1 hour before the high tide.
> I dont know about the water at Bondi though ,does it look clean?
>
> Akk
> "Phil Krasnostein" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Akk
> >
> > We live two minutes from Bondi, and could easily get our own NSW. Do
> these
> > guys dom anything to it, or do you use it as it comes?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > "Akk" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Very common practice here on the gold coast of Australia,Quite a few
> guys
> > do
> > > it for a living.It is cheap clean and efficient
> > > > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> > > > mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> > > > tanks?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Taff]

hi guys,
I live in perth western aus. and their is a bloke here that delivers water
and apparently filters it to 5 microns. I myself choose to collect it
myself, but thorough testing before adding to the tank would rule out any
misfortunes that arise from using water that LOOKS clean
Taff

"Akk" > wrote in message
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> Phil
>
> No mate. they just make sure to get it 1 hour before the high tide.
> I dont know about the water at Bondi though ,does it look clean?
>
> Akk
> "Phil Krasnostein" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Akk
> >
> > We live two minutes from Bondi, and could easily get our own NSW. Do
> these
> > guys dom anything to it, or do you use it as it comes?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > "Akk" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Very common practice here on the gold coast of Australia,Quite a few
> guys
> > do
> > > it for a living.It is cheap clean and efficient
> > > > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Just took delivery of 30gals of natural seawater to my home. No more
> > > > mixing salt for me! :-) Anyone else use natural seawater in their
> > > > tanks?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>