livingart Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 does any one know the chemicals that are lost from seawater when dehydrating into sea salt, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 h2 o,as in water???is this a trick question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Not a trick guestion. Although not 'lost', you would get various precipitates formed during evaporation which would not be soluble on re-hydrating it. It's probably quantified somewhere. I've never come across it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 No not a trick question, have been given 275kgs of raw sea salt want to know if i can use for salt water tank, if not what do i need to add to bring up to sea water specs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Basically no, you cannot use it. Or, you can, but less than ideal. If you only want to keep fish, no corals, it would do for a while, but long term would not be good, many of the elements they need, calcium for bones for example, will have precipitated out when the salt was dried and will be in lower than normal amounts. Of course with fish this may be somewhat counteracted by what you feed them. But for corals, that absorb a lot of their nutrients from the water, dried sea salt is not a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 put it in your salt shaker and on your chips . Better to get NSW, than use this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 what trace elements would need to be added? to make it useable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Sorry I can't answer that, it's complex, I just don't know. I'd suggest going to the chemistry forum at reefcentral.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Need 25,000 litres of NSW, will be keeping mainly fish, one tank is for penguin rehabilitation the other as a 15,000 litre local marine set up. After researching on overseas sites will probably set up with 1/3 NSW, 2/3 sea salt then keep on adding NSW on a monthly basis. A lot of the more volatile elements are "lost" through drying process and can replace them but i need large quantities. otherwise Iam buying one hell of a lot of fish and chips in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Either look into importing bulk bags of Instant Ocean which come palletised(designed for public aquariums) Or all NSW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 thanks lduncan we are a 10 minute drive from the sea but have had trouble finding a tanker who will transport for me, so will be plastic drums on the ute, just a lot of trips, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Sorry for asking. But what is NSW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 natural sea water. Or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 A state in australia - no it is Natural Salt Water I learnt this on overseas websites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 After researching on overseas sites will probably set up with 1/3 NSW, 2/3 sea salt then keep on adding NSW on a monthly basis. That sounds like it will work. So now you've got us all wondering, who are you and what are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 setting up 2 large tanks, 1 for penguin and possibly sea turtle rehabilitation so will need to sustain fish population. And 2 is for the fact that ever since i was a young fishkeeper i always wanted a tank i could swim in. lol my own private rock pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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