Real Salt Water - Aquarium Advice

o2addict · 10-27-2004, 04:03 PM

I live about 30ft from the Ocean in the Bahamas. I am looking at pumping water from the ocean in to my tank. The water has no polution, in fact the fish I will be keeping will be caught from where the pipe inlet will be!!!

What I need to know is what flowrate I should use, and also what filtration I should use to make sure the water is actually clear!!!

Also is there an increased risk of getting an overgrowth of Algae with this method? Should I run the water through [acronym:377f712189="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:377f712189] to kill everything? Ideally I want to keep the plankton etc. so I can support invertibrates.

Thanks

frshwaterfinatc · 10-27-2004, 04:08 PM

Wow, I don't know how to answer your questions- but welcome to AA and what a good idea!

10-27-2004, 04:03 PM	#1
o2addict Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bahamas Posts: 5	Real Salt Water I live about 30ft from the Ocean in the Bahamas. I am looking at pumping water from the ocean in to my tank. The water has no polution, in fact the fish I will be keeping will be caught from where the pipe inlet will be!!! What I need to know is what flowrate I should use, and also what filtration I should use to make sure the water is actually clear!!! Also is there an increased risk of getting an overgrowth of Algae with this method? Should I run the water through [acronym:377f712189="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:377f712189] to kill everything? Ideally I want to keep the plankton etc. so I can support invertibrates. Thanks

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10-27-2004, 04:08 PM	#2
frshwaterfinatc Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Central US Posts: 380 Images: 10	Wow, I don't know how to answer your questions- but welcome to AA and what a good idea!