Pool Sized shark tanks

[Pazzoman]

Trust me kido nothing is ever free You can buy all the raw materials to make your on salt and its much cheaper. I think Deano makes his own.

True that, I was curious since you live in new york. Do you know of any stores in new york that sell marine fish?....I've found like 3 stores...closest 10 min, but I don't mind a drive to see awesome fish lol.

 

[FLESHY]

I have a 1000 gallon setup and I figure it cost me about 50-60 dollars monthly on average, but I make my own salt which saves some money

You make your own salt? Very interesting...do you have any information on the site about that? A thread or something? I wouldnt do it, but Im sure a lot of people would be interested just in the fact that it is happening. I havent even heard of that.

 

[jayfb]

Claim all of your water change 'waste water' into a big container. Run a pump pulling from the bottom and returning to the top. On the return line, run a small bypass line with a venturi. Use the venturi to inject ozone. Crank up the O3, I like to run close to 600mV for 48 hours. When it's clear, turn the O3 down and let the ORP drop to under 400mV, then it's 100% clean and ready to use again.

Matt when you reclaim water this way does this address or is there a way to address PO4 and NO3. I know you can buy different additives to address PO4 and NO3. I don’t understand if it is possible to just reclaim water and add some additives why am I doing water changes at all? Are there any issues that are not being addressed by reclaiming water that would build up over time that can only be solved by doing water changes. I ask because I use IO and get it in bulk but I am still spending around 1,600.00 a year in salt.

thanks Jason

 

[Jabba954]

Matt when you reclaim water this way does this address or is there a way to address PO4 and NO3. I know you can buy different additives to address PO4 and NO3. I don’t understand if it is possible to just reclaim water and add some additives why am I doing water changes at all? Are there any issues that are not being addressed by reclaiming water that would build up over time that can only be solved by doing water changes. I ask because I use IO and get it in bulk but I am still spending around 1,600.00 a year in salt.

thanks Jason

+1

 

[Pazzoman]

I figure that my tank cost me at least 350-400 extra a month but it its hard to tell cause I have a couple big fresh water tanks and a couple large monitors and a gator I am heating too. When I set up my big pool I am going to put its own meter on it so I know how much I am spending.

Post pics of everything lol.....especially the monitors and gators

 

[nonstophoops]

Matt when you reclaim water this way does this address or is there a way to address PO4 and NO3. I know you can buy different additives to address PO4 and NO3. I don’t understand if it is possible to just reclaim water and add some additives why am I doing water changes at all? Are there any issues that are not being addressed by reclaiming water that would build up over time that can only be solved by doing water changes. I ask because I use IO and get it in bulk but I am still spending around 1,600.00 a year in salt.

thanks Jason

Ozone does not remove nitrate or add any necessary elements back into the water(calcium, strontium, magnesium, iodide, trace, etc. etc. etc.). So I don't see how this is a plausible way to not do water changes.

 

[turbo253]

I was under the impression that ozone broke down everything cause its an oxidizer guess I was wrong.

 

[FLESHY]

Well...obviously zoos cant afford to do water changes all the time on these massive tanks, so its all the in the volume, feeding, and filtration.

I still want to find out the other half of the zoodiver story. If the zoo is doing it, it obviously works, but I dont know a thing about ozone, or how they are getting out the phosphates and nitrates.

 

[mrbondatut]

bump for the water reclaim topic...this has turned into an even more interesting topic of discussion than operating costs.

 

[Zoodiver]

If you are doing a fish only kind of tank, ozone sterilization will break down anything (as an oxidizer) you need to be worried about. Most big facilities do it this way - fresh and saltwater systems. I hate additives and chemical crap that stores try to sell you. Not worth it, don't use, never had a problem. Granted, I've only done this personally up to 500,000 gallons, but I know GA Aq does the same thing on Ocean Voyager... so that has to say someting right?

Also works to clean up a 'poor' water source. At the aquarium here, we use bay water - and it's chemistry is worse than the water you guys will get after doing a gravel vac. After a good hit of O3, it's crystal clear and almost perfect chemistry-wise for our newest display.