Surely a large amount of Rain would upset the salinity, which would be horrible for all but the most robust SW fish.
using water from the ocean
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Surely a large amount of Rain would upset the salinity, which would be horrible for all but the most robust SW fish.
Dang, sorry about that. That's an awesome pool though. Check this out:
https://www.reefs.com/blog/2013/07/31/mega-home-aquariums-of-the-middle-east-part-2/
450,000 gallons of fun. This is a private collector who keeps manta rays in his backyard, I strive to be what he is
A large amount of rain would upset the salinity, however theoretically if you raised the power of the pump during the rain, it would balance it out. I'll allow Oddball to elaborate on that though, I don't have too much experience with leopard shark pools
As I said; this is possible when living near the sea as Oddball did back then but not when you are too far away to get water from there.
Oh yeah definitely, you would need to live waterfront in order to dream of doing this. If you don't have a seawall nearby you're gonna have a hard time pumping any water into it, lol
A large amount of rain would upset the salinity, however theoretically if you raised the power of the pump during the rain, it would balance it out. I'll allow Oddball to elaborate on that though, I don't have too much experience with leopard shark pools
San Diego never experienced enough rain to cause issues in the pond. There weren't any good marine test kits back then. I kept a few clams and mussels in the tank and sump. If they showed any stress (gaping or clamping) I'd do a water change to balance the system out again. My hydrometer testing never showed any salinity changes worth worrying about. Winter weather usually prevented regular water changes but, I had a pretty elaborate skimmer that did a great job of maintaining the system. And the W/D-refugium was a couple of link 450 gal stock tanks.
