i say, just build a hut over the ocean, and put in a glass floor. Problem solved! ;) lol

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...iti-huts-L.jpg

....and there are hobbyists out there that use..gasp... natural sunlight to light their glass boxes. Search SolarTubes and see what you find. Up here past the 49th parallel, you'll still need some supplementation though, especially during the short winter days. Wouldn't need much extra for a FOWLR though.

I live right by the Atlantic Ocean and have used Natural sea water without any problems. Salinity is at 1.022 so i have to add a bit of salt to bring it to 1.026. There's quite a few reefers from the Maritime provinces that use it. Where i live, there's not much pollution so i just get mine off a fishing warf on Miscou Island(15 min from my house) Google map Miscou Island :)

When I set up my first tank I tried it. Lugged 100gals of seawater home. Way too much work.

Lots of guys on RC doing it. Some even take their water from New York Harbour. Some use it raw some sterilize with bleach and some just run it through some kind of a filter. Lots of different theories out there for sure.

Actually on of my largest suppliers use filtered ocean water.

The fish come to us suprising healthy too.

Ken - BWA

If I could figure out how to run a pipe up the hill without the city getting mad at me, I would use it.....definitely not into bucketing it home though

In Hong Kong the toilet water is salt water :)

Cheers,
Vic

That's like over half a ton of water that you've hauled Lol.:)

They do pump the majority of their water straight out of the Burrard Inlet, but the water in the one live-coral tank gets shipped from the Red Sea. Not sure how much of a difference that makes though considering my tanks look nicer than theirs using cheap salt and having very limited knowledge.