calvin Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Hi All, I know that I'm asking loads of questions to you all, but this is going to be the only way that I start to get things right. I got advice that I should use water from Takapuna Boat Ramp to replace some of the water in my tank. What's you views on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Heaps of debate on here about it. The keywords are NSW (Natural Sea Water) and ASW (Artificial Sea Water). My vote is on NSW, but there is divided opnion. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 plenty use NSW from takapuna boat ramp for years without any problem. take a sample yourself and test it if you wish. there are many extra goodies in NSW that ASW cannot provide, some good, some bad. IMO, if you dont have a skimmer or dont have a decent one, I would stick with ASW until you do - but thats just my opinion. if you go ASW, just make sure you stick with RODI water and a well known brand of salt. FYI, detailed composition of seawater: http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/seawater.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 If you look back at the forum this has been covered, It terms of my advice it is hit and miss, you might be ok most of the time but I have had few hobbyist claim that they will never use sea water again due to the problems they have had. If you lived up north I would say that is ok, but takapuna beach?? I don’t think so. I just tested the phosphates at takapuna and it was .1 ppm ok for leathers but no good for arcopora. Been to Takapuna a few times and on some occasions something was smelling bad Beaches that are close to populated areas have a high organics which is Dissolved organic matter which will cause algae problems in a new reef tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Calvin I vote use Taka water & save yourself some bucks Can ANYONE "name" one person who has had a problem with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Dave Holden , want anymore names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 from takapuna, no issues so far but will post as soon as i have one. best thing is the speed and ease of doing a big change, and the low cost. I will test phosphates next time i go, which will probably be this weekend. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 NSW is the only way to go especialy if your tank is large.Get it on high tide at night so there are no boats around to interupt you and stir it up a bit.I have never had any problems in the last 9 years and if it had crap in it like diesel i am sure that the pretty looking rainbow patterns should not be to hard to spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 14 yrs for me although there are more boats out their than then, oh well think of the savings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 the only thing that does not cost you another thousand Go the ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 I use west coast sea<>I watch for algae bloom in summer and if tide is wrong use AFS<> I do 5% weekly because I'm using Zerovit. NO problem with leathers REEF. When I say I mean we Frog goes and gets it with the 3 wheeler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Some of the locals here ask the fishing boats to fill up 10+ 20L containers when thay are way out to sea. They pay a small fee but it's way cheaper than salt mix. Maybe if you want good quality NSW you could try the same approach... Probably not too much problem with water 30+ km's offshore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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