Martian Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Marine aquarium is hotel California ??? Haha yah !! One of the Stairway to Heaven .. Lol... Bro have some faith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nooraqilemo Posted March 22, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 22, 2014 Marine aquarium is hotel California ??? Haha yah !! One of the Stairway to Heaven .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks for all the advices and comments. In general, most are not supportive of introducing sea water to home aquarium for the various reasons cited. I am new to saltwater but do have a fair bit of experience in freshwater for quite a while. I have also read up on the use of natural sea water from other non local forums. I have just harvested some natural seawater from our shore and done some filtering and treatment of the sea water. Will run the treated water, with no livestock, for a period of time with filter and skimmer before doing a test to determine if the saltwater can support livestock with no detrimental effect. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Evolutionz Posted March 23, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 23, 2014 i would be more afraid of chemicals and stuff, simply not worth the effort. Quote EvolutionZ's Floating Reef: (Decommed) EvolutionZ's 4ft shallow Mixed Reef Build : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nooraqilemo Posted March 23, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 23, 2014 i would be more afraid of chemicals and stuff, simply not worth the effort. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks. The test will be done on a small scale 1.5' cube tank. Probably house a locally caught livestock as discussed with another hobbyist offline. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcloh Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Would be interesting to see how the skimmer reacts to unfiltered natural seawater. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC82 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Not worth the risk. U can't control the quality of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Would be interesting to see how the skimmer reacts to unfiltered natural seawater. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for your comments. Would you elaborate on this cause I don't really get it. It's still saltwater, the skimmer is operating as normal. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC82 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Think the skimmer will still works. Just wanna see if more skim or less skim will come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 End of the day, locally caught fish with locally taken seawater with normal filtration system. Dont see anything wrong. If u talking about corals and imported fish, than yes, it may be a problem. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 End of the day, locally caught fish with locally taken seawater with normal filtration system. Dont see anything wrong. If u talking about corals and imported fish, than yes, it may be a problem. Yes. That will be for the initial part of it. When the local species proof to be successful, will then proceed with more hardy imported species. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blusafe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I don't let my wife or kids swim in SG water. I scolded her for wading in waist deep Sentosa water while pregnant. That tells you my opinion of the "natural" seawater on our coasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 The harvested seawater is all clear after running with a prizm skimmer and wavemaker for 2 weeks. Now looking for live/dead sand and rocks to complete the tank cycling. Anyone has any to let go or sale please let me know. Thanks. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kfc Posted August 8, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted August 8, 2014 risky brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiggie Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Y risky ? Quote Stairway to Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 I understand the risks involved. Thanks for your concern. The tank has been doing fine for the past 3 months with both fish and subsequently corals. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just to highlight that top up for evaporation is using tap water kept overnight. Tds at punggol is about 70ppm. Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maytaj Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The test will be done on a small scale 1.5' cube tank. Probably house a locally caught livestock as discussed with another hobbyist offline. Quote http://www.allnewdeals.com'>daily deals, http://www.allnewdeals.com'>online shopping sites, http://www.allnewdeals.com'>hot deals, http://www.allnewdeals.com'>best deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taufiq85 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 U may filter out chemicals and particles out of the nsw in sg waters but wat abt bacteria?? Eg. Ich. Bro xiggie care to share how is ur filteration done? Quite interested to know. Im not siding anyone here. Im just curious to know thats all... Hope im not stepping on anyones toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiggie Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 No pre filtering used, just check salinity and dump into the tank. But taken from a good source eg sentosa or east coast during up going tide. But that was when I had 2feet tank, now I buy nsw from LFS for wC. Quote Stairway to Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKL Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 U may filter out chemicals and particles out of the nsw in sg waters but wat abt bacteria?? Eg. Ich. Bro xiggie care to share how is ur filteration done? Quite interested to know. Im not siding anyone here. Im just curious to know thats all... Hope im not stepping on anyones toes. That's very interesting question on bacteria. I believe the testing for bacteria can only be done using equipment and/or lab equip which are not readily available or affordable to most people. Having said that, Does anyone using NSW from LFS/ farms test for bacteria? Quote 1.5' Cube | Overflow Box | 1' Sump with filter sock and 3L bacteria king | Eheim 1000 return pump | BM 3.5 | Sunsun JVP-110 wavemaker | Full spectrum Par38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiggie Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Y test for bacteria? They will be ever present in new/ old sea ,salt mix tank water etc etc Quote Stairway to Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taufiq85 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Not test but concern....but anyways to each his own tank i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member picoreef Posted August 23, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted August 23, 2014 Our sea water quite polluted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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