Thanks guys.
I mostly want to do it to get costs down and I can go for a swim at the
same time. There are plenty of beaches near here that I don't think
would be polluted. I've heard of a few people closer to the ocean who
use seawater but then I don't know if they have problems either.

I doubt I'd get a powerhead through the opening on the drums which is a
shame as I have plenty of spares. I wonder if I were to remove enough
water for the next water change to a spare tank and just aerate it for a
week or so?

I'll definitely give it more consideration before deciding for or agin.



Wayne Sallee wrote:
When storing water for a long time it does not need to be kept
circulated, or airated.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Roy wrote on 1/9/2006 6:57 PM:

For a long long time.....However natural sewater you get from the
ocean will have a lot of undesirebale stuff in it which may create
more problems later on. As posted make sure it does not have any
polutants in it..pretty hard to verify that, and of course any organic
material will start decomposing. If you decide to do it, I would keep
it as cool as possible, in a dark container out of sunlight, and keep
it aerated with a powerhead. Unless you use a large airstone they are
not too effective or not as effective as usuing a powerhead to keep it
agitated and aerated.....To be honest there is not a lot of foks in
any of the forums I visit that thinks usuing naturally collected
seawater to be a good thing mainly due to polutants and other
undesireables like algae etc.


On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:51:57 +1000, miskairal mehiding@Oz wrote:

If I were to go to a beach and get salt water, how long could I
store it for and how should it be stored?

I can probably get around 800 litres in one trip (2 1/2 hours each
way) but the water would then be in 200 litre (44gallon) drums
with only a small opening in the top. It's really not practical to
go that far for just one drum of water and hubby's ute is not
comfy and airconditioned and it's summer here.

Would the water go off?