[Reef Guy]

Has anyone ever tested jones beach water ? Would it be any benificial to aquariums or does it just have too many contaniments in it

[alrha]

every now and then i consider using NSW for my tank, but then quickly realize that there is a big chance of doing more harm than good. using a salt mix, you can sleep knowing that you are not introducing anything that can wipe out your tank. getting a bucket of water from the beach, however, you never know if you are going to end up introducing some parasite or something else.
i'd stick to a salt mix.

[jhale]

I would not want to use jones beach water for my tank, unless you could filter it someway. I think using RO/DI and saltmix is much safer. Like albert said who knows what you might introduce in your tank. Plus there's all the pollutant's that are in our area. Remember all that hospital waste that keeps washing up on shore each year? It would be great if we had a clean source of NSW we knew was safe. Given that we live on the WATER, you think it would be easy.
If anyone knows of any tricks to make our local SW safe I'd love to hear them.

[wedfr]

i wouldnt use jones beach water. there are grabage dumps right on the water, runoff from rain goiing through populated and industrial areas, etc etc...

Even areas with clean water dont take it right off shore just for those reasons they go miles out to collect it

[aaron]

Jones beach seems a little too close to the city in my opinion, I have been down there and decided against going in the water myself a couple of times. As well as the city, I would imagine there is a fair bit of run off from the surrounding residential area on the other side ofthe bay which would be fairly nutrient (PO4 especially) rich.
You'd probably be OK if you collected out at Montauk, (as long as it hadnt rained in the last week) and let it sit in a dark container for a few weeks before putting it in the tank.
All up I think its way too much trouble.

[marrone]

A # of people who live in LI do use the water from the ocean but they're further out. If you where to use the water you would need to run it through a micron filter and even then I would run a UV on it and even possible ozone. Chances of introduction algae spores or parasite, not to mention any chemicals that are in the water is to great a risk.

If you do a search on RC you'll find a couple of people that do use it.

[jhale]

that's more trouble tan it's worth.
don't forget you have to carry it to your car, not fun.

[Reef Guy]

Well, I have mastered the carrying water in car part

[iceman716238]

Orchard beach's water is fine though. Everytime i use it, my fish start doing a funny dance like they are happy, and they breath faster because they are excited. It comes with free jellyfish too!!!! My acroporas all start to slime at the same time(a way of showing they are happy due to the improved water quality.).

[alrha]

either that, or they're trying to get out due to the radio-activity of the water.