Salt people i need your help

[FLESHY]

I use tap water, no issues at all. In fact many people (including public aquariums) use tap as the base for mixing saltwater. (I've worked for two places that do that.)

Talking about keeping your pH up, it will happen on it's own. Using crushed coral is a great way to help, but just having salt in the water will get low pH freshwater up a LOT. (By the way, using crushed coral substate has nothing at all to do with nitrates issues - how you clean it does.) My tap comes out at low 7, once salt is mixed in, it's usually over 8. That being said, many fish will thrive in STABLE pH, not just high pH. My 10,000 gallon stingray pool runs about 7.6 and does just fine. I've run several 500,000 gallon systems that held pH of 7.8-7.9 constantly for years and the marine animals did just fine. If the time comes to need to adjust the pH, I don't use chemicals, look into natural buffers like calcium carbonate.

This is the truth.

+1 to not insulting women. Thats just plain stupid.

-1 for asumeing that ashlee is a woman, shes not, shes the canuck, making her a dude.

Call me cheap again and Ill show you my credit card bill from the day I turned 18. $1500 in reefing gear. No, Im not cheap, Im just not stupid enough to buy something I dont need, pay for a TDS meter, pay for membranes, and flood my house twice before I learn to watch my rodi.

(This all being said, I have been in situations where rodi is necessary. I also OWN a ro unit [not for reefing])

People assumed that you werent doing h2o changes pevine because if you were, you would reset all the values in the tank to your source water + salt mix. There is no build up, that is an old reefkeeping myth. (If your doing water changes.)

In conclusion, like I have said, like canuck/ashlee has said, like ZOO has now said...there are many ways to make it work. If its working for you, thats good.

 

[FLESHY]

LOL....

I have have had great success

using tap water.

I may have tinkled a little. VER NICE!

 

[studd muffin]

Ok guys, I'm gonna ask everyone to take a deep breath and play nice.

As for this thread, there are often times more than one right answer to a question.

I use tap water, no issues at all. In fact many people (including public aquariums) use tap as the base for mixing saltwater. (I've worked for two places that do that.)

Talking about keeping your pH up, it will happen on it's own. Using crushed coral is a great way to help, but just having salt in the water will get low pH freshwater up a LOT. (By the way, using crushed coral substate has nothing at all to do with nitrates issues - how you clean it does.) My tap comes out at low 7, once salt is mixed in, it's usually over 8. That being said, many fish will thrive in STABLE pH, not just high pH. My 10,000 gallon stingray pool runs about 7.6 and does just fine. I've run several 500,000 gallon systems that held pH of 7.8-7.9 constantly for years and the marine animals did just fine. If the time comes to need to adjust the pH, I don't use chemicals, look into natural buffers like calcium carbonate.

Thank You

 

[tdwright1971]

I would not use a damsel as a starter fish, there are other ways to cycle your aquarium. its hard on the damsel and once he gets establish he will become a super bully.

 

[studd muffin]

I would not use a damsel as a starter fish, there are other ways to cycle your aquarium. its hard on the damsel and once he gets establish he will become a super bully.

Ok so no damsels

 

[thebestincali2000]

have you read the sticky tread for cycling methods? i did just earlier today and the LR/LS method seems to be the most reasonable, and that way you dont end up with the tortured demonic fish... thats what im gonna do when i set up my new tank in a few days, that thread was really helpful, except i need to figure out the quantities that i need...

 

[studd muffin]

have you read the sticky tread for cycling methods? i did just earlier today and the LR/LS method seems to be the most reasonable, and that way you dont end up with the tortured demonic fish... thats what im gonna do when i set up my new tank in a few days, that thread was really helpful, except i need to figure out the quantities that i need...

Yea I read that sticky.