ocean water in reef tanks?

[Mandosh]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

. Van Aquarium has the luxury of having a built-in pumping/filtration station on site.

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.