sachabballi reef June 24, 2013 June 24, 2013 I am always surprised that the water just off the coast of Long Island is clean enough to put in your tank. Shouldn't it be full of fertilizer runoff, pharmaceuticals, industrial solvents, and shredded toilet paper? We go to Rehoboth Beach in Deleware each summer, should I scrape up some of that beach for the tank? Judging by the age/success of Paul's tank may e we should all be dosing toxic substances lol Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
paul b June 24, 2013 Author June 24, 2013 (edited) I am always surprised that the water just off the coast of Long Island is clean enough to put in your tank. Shouldn't it be full of fertilizer runoff, pharmaceuticals, industrial solvents, and shredded toilet paper? Maybe that's the secret. The water here in the Atlantic off of southern Long Island is very pure, maybe even better than the tropics. Much of it comes here on the Gulf Stream from Florida and the Caribbean. There is vastly more life in these waters than southern, tropical water. All of the worlds great fisheries are in northern waters. I collected those amphipods in a few minutes, in the Caribbean, you would collect nothing. Under every rock here is as many amphipods as I pictures along with numerous snails, worms and crabs. The nutrients here provide the energy for that life and the bacteria keeps everything in check. I started my tank with water from the East River as it passes Manhattan, I would not recommend that water but there is obviousely nothing wrong with it. I just added a cup of mud from a scurvy tide pool here just for the bacteria. I do that a few times a year. No problems yet. Edited June 24, 2013 by paul b
treesprite June 25, 2013 June 25, 2013 I am always surprised that the water just off the coast of Long Island is clean enough to put in your tank. Shouldn't it be full of fertilizer runoff, pharmaceuticals, industrial solvents, and shredded toilet paper? We go to Rehoboth Beach in Deleware each summer, should I scrape up some of that beach for the tank? Yuk. I would not do it.
paul b June 25, 2013 Author June 25, 2013 Yuk. I would not do it. OK, everybody here that does "not" use water from New York beaches and has a tank over 40 years old, raise your hand...........Higher.
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