Nsw brooklyn.
- Thread starter nycearnestchink
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- Brooklyn, NY
Saltwater from the ocean neer our beach is poluted you would need to go way out to get ?clean? saltwater and then you would need to filter out all the impurities
Our water isint the same kind of water you would find in fiji Hawaii etc it doesn?t have the trace eliments to keep a reef (at least thats what i have been told)
You can test the water and let us know what are the levels
Also if you change the title and don?t use the abbreviation you will get more hits
Our water isint the same kind of water you would find in fiji Hawaii etc it doesn?t have the trace eliments to keep a reef (at least thats what i have been told)
You can test the water and let us know what are the levels
Also if you change the title and don?t use the abbreviation you will get more hits
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Pics of what natural salt water
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
I think newyork aquarium by the boardwalk uses nsw but they definitely filter and processes it they would also need to add reef supplements
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Location
- Long Island
I add a little directly from the surf to my tank a few times a year and I haven't had any issues. However, I do this at Robert Moses beach. Check out Paul B's thread, he uses NSW to an extent.
I've not tried or tested myself, but I'm sure Coney Island and sea gate water is fine since it's open waters from the Atlantic, I wouldn't trust water from under the Verrazano though. Fish only, softie tank pretty sure it really wouldn't be a problem, but pest, trace element, etc would be something to consider. For more delicate species, that's a different story, but to OP are you really sure you want to risk your expensive live stock for a couple dollars of salt? I can tell you, it hurts when you're tank crashes from failing chillers, to hurricane sandy and power outage for 4-5 days.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Our water isn?t clear or ?blue? it?s murky Green some places less murky some more
The water our coral and fish come from is usually nice clear water sometimes you can see all the way to the bottom from the top
i personally would never use in a reef in a fish only i probably would not risk it either
Not even getting into the risk of parasites and bad bacteria or weird algae etc..
regular salt isint that expensive
The water our coral and fish come from is usually nice clear water sometimes you can see all the way to the bottom from the top
i personally would never use in a reef in a fish only i probably would not risk it either
Not even getting into the risk of parasites and bad bacteria or weird algae etc..
regular salt isint that expensive
I've not tried or tested myself, but I'm sure Coney Island and sea gate water is fine since it's open waters from the Atlantic, I wouldn't trust water from under the Verrazano though. Fish only, softie tank pretty sure it really wouldn't be a problem, but pest, trace element, etc would be something to consider. For more delicate species, that's a different story, but to OP are you really sure you want to risk your expensive live stock for a couple dollars of salt? I can tell you, it hurts when you're tank crashes from failing chillers, to hurricane sandy and power outage for 4-5 days.
hurricane sandy has flooded my home, my 150 g tank too, brought my motorcycle in my home too, nature just didnt show mercy that day. nearly died that day when my family went for a break in the car to a leave, stranded 3 blocks, went out to find them. mother nature is just RELENTLESS.
hurricane sandy has flooded my home, my 150 g tank too, brought my motorcycle in my home too, nature just didnt show mercy that day. nearly died that day when my family went for a break in the car to a leave, stranded 3 blocks, went out to find them. mother nature is just RELENTLESS.
the waters from under the si bridge* old ages fisherman : only fish on incoming,never outcoming, old fishermen a pair of them husband and wife, ate fish for so long, caught there, under there feet, VERY BLUE. very very blue, still livin.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Personally i wouldn?t
Even if the water comes from open ocean anyone that has been on Coney Island beach can tell its polluted
In such a small closed system i dono i wouldn?t risk it
Nycearnestchink a test tank would be cool maybe make a thread out of it so others can learn as well
Even if the water comes from open ocean anyone that has been on Coney Island beach can tell its polluted
In such a small closed system i dono i wouldn?t risk it
Nycearnestchink a test tank would be cool maybe make a thread out of it so others can learn as well
- Location
- Baiting Hollow Long Island NY
I worked on the construction of that college and collected my sea water there many times. Now I just collect it on the south shore of Long Island. I started my tank in 1971 with NSW and it is still running with no problems except for the occasional beach chair or hypodermic needle I inadvertently collect.
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