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.

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by Mandosh

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.

Yeah, their coral tank is pretty sad looking for a public aquaria. Last time I checked it had pretty much been overrun by blue mushrooms. I've always wondered what kind of surge system they used in that aquarium.

[banditpowdercoat]

Wow, all the way form the Red sea, that's cost effective for sure..

[lockrookie]

after thi thought and startng this thread what does my local fish store bring in... but ocean water ina bottle go figure a little pricey mind you 30 bucks for 4.4 g i supose it would b k to helpjump start a system with all the micro organismns in the water. who knows

[Rbacchiega]

I'll be using water from the ocean to set up....then bottled ocean water to maintain.

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

I'll be using water from the ocean to set up....then bottled ocean water to maintain.

id stay away from the water in east river.... nothing will survive