Fresh Ocean Water

* KurtG wrote, On 11/29/2006 3:30 AM:

I'm currently mixing salt water for my tank, but as I do this, i gaze
out my window at the ocean and wonder. Wouldn't real Ocean water work
better? It would have all the ions, minerals, etc, but it may have some
unwanted bacteria.

I live close to the atlantic. I've heard of fish stores in Santa Clara
that send a truck to the ocean every few weeks to collect ocean water.

Any ideas?

--Kurt

Hey, I'd try it. The real thing has got to be better than something that comes
in a bag.

Cindy

Been using it for as long as I can remember myself and have yet to
have aproblem. Just do not get it after a heavy rain, or in areas
there is a heap of run off or where storm drains empty into the ocean
at. Same for the sand. I find the silica baed (Quartz) is as effective
in a marine tank as the high dollar aragonite. I just do not buy that
crap about aragonite being needed to help stabilize the ph or for
certain sand sifting critters..None of mine have complained.

You can have a successful reef tank with silica sand, but
calcium sand is better.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



RTB wrote on 11/29/2006 1:27 PM:
Been using it for as long as I can remember myself and have yet to
have aproblem. Just do not get it after a heavy rain, or in areas
there is a heap of run off or where storm drains empty into the ocean
at. Same for the sand. I find the silica baed (Quartz) is as effective
in a marine tank as the high dollar aragonite. I just do not buy that
crap about aragonite being needed to help stabilize the ph or for
certain sand sifting critters..None of mine have complained.

"Cindy" wrote in message ...
Hey, I'd try it. The real thing has got to be better than something that comes
in a bag.

Even if contains a lot of nitrates, phosphates mixed with gasoline
from the nearby roads washed to the shore with every rain ?

If you really want to do it than take a boat couple of miles far
from the shore and take the water there...
Other than that, I would not risk it - one day might be fine, the
other day might be quite ugly water...