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09-14-2012, 07:28 AM
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If you ever see a behind the scene's tour of the Van Aqua. you'll see that they have huge, very extensive sand & other filtration systems and their nsw is not collected near the surface, which is what you would be doing.
You're much more likely to contaminate your tank and kill off your tropical livestock than see any benefits. Coldwater BC tank, go for it. Reef tank = NO.
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09-14-2012, 07:49 AM
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Or, you could move to Hawaii, get a beach house and run continuous sea water into the tank. Use the ocean as your sump. LOL
Actually, the Waikiki aquarium uses water pumped in from the ocean.Much cleaner and pristine looking water than ours. If I lived on waterfront property in White Rock, I would do a large coldwater tank and just pump in sea water directly into the tank and overflow directly back into the ocean. Wouldn't even need a filtration system. ( this assumes the intake would be at least 10 feet below the surface of the water, where there are very little temperature fluctuations, and hopefully, less scum)
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