The Editor
Aquarium Advice Activist
Currently our empty 29g is completely fresh, we want to go brackish (to around SG=1.005 - 1.010).
We live in a sea side town, with access to a fishing boat.
To cut the cost of buying in marine salt, we're thinking about doing PWCs using sea water mixed with tap to achieve the desired salt content.
We have a TMC V2 refractometer in the post to us to next weekend I'll be popping down to the seafront to take measurements.
My main question is whether anyone else here uses sea water they collect themselves, and whether people think it's a good/bad idea (ideally why you think that too please!).
Would mixing chlorinated tap water in with the sea water kill off any unwanted hitch hikers? I was thinking about mixing it up and then leaving to stand for 24 hours or so before adding dechlorinator and using it..
Also to I'm thinking it might be easy to get a few 5gal water containers and fill them up with sea water, then just store them in the shed taking the water we need from them when we need it. Is sea water ok sitting stagnant?
I'm sure I'll have more Q's but I think that'll do for now!
I've posted this question to other forums as well so I'm sure some of you may have seen/helped me elsewhere, if so thank you! I'm just cruising around trying to gather as many peoples opinions and experiences before I do anything!
We live in a sea side town, with access to a fishing boat.
To cut the cost of buying in marine salt, we're thinking about doing PWCs using sea water mixed with tap to achieve the desired salt content.
We have a TMC V2 refractometer in the post to us to next weekend I'll be popping down to the seafront to take measurements.
My main question is whether anyone else here uses sea water they collect themselves, and whether people think it's a good/bad idea (ideally why you think that too please!).
Would mixing chlorinated tap water in with the sea water kill off any unwanted hitch hikers? I was thinking about mixing it up and then leaving to stand for 24 hours or so before adding dechlorinator and using it..
Also to I'm thinking it might be easy to get a few 5gal water containers and fill them up with sea water, then just store them in the shed taking the water we need from them when we need it. Is sea water ok sitting stagnant?
I'm sure I'll have more Q's but I think that'll do for now!
I've posted this question to other forums as well so I'm sure some of you may have seen/helped me elsewhere, if so thank you! I'm just cruising around trying to gather as many peoples opinions and experiences before I do anything!