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zacdl
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I found this surfing the net...
Says it treats 4,000 gallons!
Says it treats 4,000 gallons!
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SirLight1337
Aquarium Advice Activist
hahaha can we say overkill ? or in the event you want to turn your swimming pool into a mini ocean, there you go.
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zacdl
Guest
How many pounds would a bag like that weigh?
Must be alot!
Must be alot!
SirLight1337
Aquarium Advice Activist
well the small buckets weigh in at 48 lbs and they treat like 100ish gallons ??? so that bag weighs 1920 lbs if my calculations are correct, excluding the pallet it is on.
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zacdl
Guest
Wow thats almost 2 tons!
SirLight1337
Aquarium Advice Activist
No its almost 1 ton. 1 ton = 2000 lbs.
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zacdl
Guest
Woops thats what I ment 
schoeplein
Aquarium Advice Addict
...I wonder what Sea World's salt-bill looks like?
malkore
Aquarium Advice Addict
Sea World, I believe, pumps in ocean water and filters/treats it prior to dumping it into their systems. Much cheaper in the long run than making RO/DI water and adding salt.
schoeplein
Aquarium Advice Addict
Interesting concept. I wonder how effective that would be to market..
"Purified Ocean water!"..... I can see the dollar bills now...
"Purified Ocean water!"..... I can see the dollar bills now...
MYTY1705
Aquarium Advice Freak
already on the market check out pets mart web pages
schoeplein
Aquarium Advice Addict
What are they marketing as purified ocean water? Mixed water that's gone through a Brita filter?
ROFLMAO
<3 Petstupid... er smart.
ROFLMAO
<3 Petstupid... er smart.
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zacdl
Guest
lol, too funny.
Brisc0
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Actually its hard to believe but seaworld does use IO for its salt water.
"Most public aquariums located inland use artificial seawater. Among these are Sea World at Orlando, Florida and the John G. Shedd Aquarium at Chicago, Illinois. Formerly, the latter used natural seawater held in reservoirs with a total capacity of 1 million gallons. These reservoirs were replenished periodically by natural seawater brought up the Mississippi River by barge from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. With the rising costs of transportation, however, it became more economical for the Shedd Aquarium to make its own seawater by adding 31 tons of salt (with trace elements added) to every 285,000 gallons of freshwater. An electric mixer is used for mixing 600 gallons at a time in a special tank; then the mixture is transferred by hose to the large reservoirs."[/quote]
"Most public aquariums located inland use artificial seawater. Among these are Sea World at Orlando, Florida and the John G. Shedd Aquarium at Chicago, Illinois. Formerly, the latter used natural seawater held in reservoirs with a total capacity of 1 million gallons. These reservoirs were replenished periodically by natural seawater brought up the Mississippi River by barge from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. With the rising costs of transportation, however, it became more economical for the Shedd Aquarium to make its own seawater by adding 31 tons of salt (with trace elements added) to every 285,000 gallons of freshwater. An electric mixer is used for mixing 600 gallons at a time in a special tank; then the mixture is transferred by hose to the large reservoirs."[/quote]
lando
Aquarium Advice Addict
Our aquariums at the Minnesota Zoo use these large IO pallets. They have 24 of them lined up at any given time. Pretty impressive to see. That is a lot of salt. Where did you get the pic, Zach?
OceanMist
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've suddenly got an urge to purchase 31 tons of salt !
mp3z24
Aquarium Advice Freak
i think that is from the Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago...
~mike
~mike
Brenden
Aquarium Advice Addict
Thats a bunch of salt.
Bearfan
Aquarium Advice Addict
Makes me feel a lot better about using IO if the Shedd Aquarium uses it.
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