Natural Seawater

[cornyfish]

I've been running my tank for a few months now using salt mix but am running out of it again. I know salt mixes are good but they're very expensive... thinking of just getting natural seawater for the water changes.

Is that advisable? And where should i get the water from? Some ulu beach like changi? Anyone has any experiences with using natural seawater?

[AlfaRomeo]

Bro, stick with saltmixes. NSW has a lot of uncontrolled factors which might lead to disasters if you get a bad batch etc etc..

[Melvyn Tan]

Getting beach sand + seawater is actually illegal. Else i would have piped a line from the sea to my house hehehhe just kidding.....agree with A.romeo

[jellyfish]

i dun think saltmix is expansive... if you are using cheap salt like coralife, it is even cheaper than NSW from farm

[XPeriment 626]

I guess the cost difference would be negligible depending on what salt mix you buy. For me the question would be which takes more effort - to prepare the mix or transport the darn heavy jerry cans home after buying NSW (i have 5 foot tank).

I decided to buy the NSW since I can get the car once a week to transport the water. Anyway quite convenient, BioOc**n not too far from my home.