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That's great info, and comforting that it has worked well for so long. I should mention that I, too, use carbon filtration in my tank. I sometimes notice a slight yellow tint to the water when I gather it, but I've never seen it in the tank itself. Probably the carbon takes care of that.
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Out of curiousity, have you tested the water for the usual suspects? What I fear most about beachwater is the contaminants we can't test for at home, such as industrial run-off and bacterial levels.
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Nope, I don't test the...
Is anyone out there using real ocean water in their tanks (besides me)? If so, how do you gather and purify your water?
Here's what I'm doing currently: I live very close to the beach, so I simply drive on to the beach (this is legal in Texas, yee-ha!) with 6 five gal. buckets. I use one for...
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Not to be overly critical, but your solution for getting natural sunlight to your tank seems to be over engineered. I just read a thread on reefCentral in which a fellow in Arizona has had great success with his tank using solatube tubular skylights (tubes with a highly reflective...
Thanks for the welcome! Long time lurker, first time post-er. The skimmer is as simple as can be. It's just a long tube with a 1/2" diameter hose running from its side near the bottom for the return; and a 3/4" hose in the side near the top for intake. Four airstones hang in the tube just...
Why won't the water level in my DIY skimmer stay steady? It's driving me nuts! The body of the skimmer is about 4 feet high, with a 3 inch diameter. A small mag-drive pump moves water from the tank through a 3/4 inch hose into the skimmer near the top. The water siphons back into the tank...
