nsw?

[jarrodrussell]

just been reading up on some posts and some say they have been using nsw i am thinking this is salt water from the beach? or is this just for local marine not tropical marine as this will save me heaps of money buying salt during water changes

[spoon]

you can use it it will need to be diluted with RODI water as its a bit saltier than what we would normally use there are also a few guidelines as too when and where to collect it but ill let someone local to you answer that for you

[Ira]

I'm not even sure it needs diluted, it's a bit saltier than the claimed ideal, but I had much better results before I started trying to lower the salinity to the "ideal" range.

[suphew]

NSW is typically 1.027 about 10% pure fresh water will get you back to the 1.025 that you want. There are pluses and minus for using other option, don't dismiss ASW just to save a quick buck, you only have to have one problem to write off the savings. But in saying that I have used NSW for years with no problems.

The options and the rules round collecting NSW have been discussed many times here, a quick search will give you all the answers.

[Dukeman2]

I used to get 1000l NSW at a time from Beachlands and transfer it in to another 1000l container under my house.

I used to do this 4 x a year and never had a problem, my tank is about 900l incluiding sump.

My poor trailer sure did complain ... and i got quite tired of the questions... "what are you doing?"

But as far as using NSW, I used it for years ... collect it at high tide after a few days of sun shine.. not after rain.