Huly September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23448407/25-thousand-fish-killed-in-matson-molasses-spill?app&hpt=us_bn10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integral9 September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 What on earth do you need 233,000 gallons of molasses for? I bought a pint of the stuff about 5 years ago and I still have the same jar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 That's some sad news. I hope the shipping company pitches in and helps clean it up. What on earth do you need 233,000 gallons of molasses for? I bought a pint of the stuff about 5 years ago and I still have the same jar! That's funny! I guess the average person really doesn't have much use for it. I lived on a farm where we used a couple hundred gallons a week to mix with the silage or trough food to make it sweeter, plus it has a high energy content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bqq100 September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 I think there is enough experimental data within the reefkeeping community on the effects of overdosing carbon... We really didn't need a large scale test of it What on earth do you need 233,000 gallons of molasses for? I bought a pint of the stuff about 5 years ago and I still have the same jar! To make rum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integral9 September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 So how do we clean this up? Convert one of the sunken battleships into the world's largest protein skimmer? Algae harvesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 I think simple dilution with the daily tides and run off out of the bay will dissolve and remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 mmmmm, molasses. ever see Super Troopers where they chugged the syrup? The real contest is a whole jar of blackstrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k September 17, 2013 Share September 17, 2013 seriously though, I'll bet Hawaii has tankers full sailing around every day. Surely one or two have accidents and this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef September 18, 2013 Share September 18, 2013 The biggest problem is so many things that can spill normally float so can be contained...this happened and it falls to the floor and eventually dissipates...but chokes everything out in the process... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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