NSW from the gulf (1 Viewer)

[tmgrash]

Has anyone here used the water from the gulf for their tank? I wouldnt take it from the beach, but when you go out a mile or two, or 5 depending on the day, it gets crystal clear.

 

[darbex]

I know moody gardens does from the bay.

 

[gabe_j]

it prolly wouldn't hurt if you when out a few more miles and dropped a pump down a good 30 feet and use the water from down there you should be good. just be sure to run it through a micron screen just incase. unless you want the plankton. but then theres the risk of who knows what possibly taking up residence in your tank. so its a mixed bag. if you ran it through some sort of a filter say sediment or something similar you should be golden.

i've got a 3 foot filter that we could fill with sand to use as a sediment filter all it needs is a small bulkhead on the bottom and its good to go. lmk nsw would be pretty cool.

 

[gabe_j]

i just wouldn't take it right off the surface.

 

[trb]

I think Sabrina, Narny the Great, said she gets some NSW for her tanks.

 

[jamesw]

You always risk introducing crab larvae, isopod larvae, etc. when you use NSW. Ans ask Martin Moe about the "Damned keytegnasths!!!" that he got in his water that ate up all is rotifers.

And who knows - now adays you may even pick up some lionfish eggs or larvae ;-)

But if you run ozone or a UV Sterilizer on the water I bet you can kill everything in it before putting it in your tank.

Cheers
James

 

[gabe_j]

man i need a boat

 

[R-BallJunkie]

water's heavy.....haul in 15 gallons = 120#'s of sloshing mess....seems it would be easier to mix it i the garage.

i know a girl here on island who lives on the 3rd floor of the bachelors quarters. she makes her own. i can see the lagoon from my back patio...im in the water every weekend, so no biggie for me to grab 10 gallons since im there.

 

[FireEater]

Yepper, water weighs 7 pounds per gallon. So hauling in say 40 gallons would be 280lbs. It can be done, but would probably be a pain overall.

I go offshore a lot, but have not wanted to haul back any water, even though it looks great out of Freeport.

This year though, I will make it a point to collect Tessellated Blennies.

This is a female

I think the one I had a few years back was a male.

 

[twitchy4821]

WOW! sorry to be off topic, but that blenny is awesome! what kind of care do those require?

 

[FireEater]

Normal Blenny care.

 

[tmgrash]

I was really wondering because of the bio-diversity, so if I had to filter it it would kind of ruin the point. I think I am too scared to try though last summer I attempted. I brought a 10gal water cooler off shore with me, filled it and put it in the boat. By the time I got home the lid somehow blew off and all the water sloshed out.

Lots of people on RC seem to do it. I sure would hate to do it and have a disaester. Was hoping someone on here with sps took the risk for me!

 

[tmgrash]

That blenny is pretty sweet. Where do you collect them?

 

[fishboyt]

Yepper, water weighs 7 pounds per gallon. So hauling in say 40 gallons would be 280lbs. It can be done, but would probably be a pain overall.

I go offshore a lot, but have not wanted to haul back any water, even though it looks great out of Freeport.

This year though, I will make it a point to collect Tessellated Blennies.

This is a female

I think the one I had a few years back was a male.

Not trying to call anybody wrong, but I thought water weighs closer to 8.25lbs. per gallon.

 

[JasonF]

I did this once. I brought two 15 gallon containers on a run out to the Boom-Vang rig tuna fishing. The water quality 100 miles out is fine, and collecting it was easy with the raw water hose on the boat, but the hassle of getting it off the boat, bringing it home and hauling it upstairs to my system was a pain. It is not worth the effort.

 

[NarnyTheGreat]

I get my water from Galveston. Its not to hard to filter to be honest... My water is filtered so much by the time I am done the sg is down to 1.019. I add one cup of salt or less and its up to where it needs to be.

 

[tmgrash]

I get my water from Galveston. Its not to hard to filter to be honest... My water is filtered so much by the time I am done the sg is down to 1.019. I add one cup of salt or less and its up to where it needs to be.

How do you filter it? The reasons I am interested in it is for the planktonic life and bio-diversity of bacteria. So, if I had to filter too much it might negate those reasons.

Do you collect it from the beach, or bay?

 

[gabe_j]

hey tim if you really after the plankton why not go out at night? all pirate like.. that would be cool so much life come up from the depths at night to feed i'm sure if you wanted biodiversity you'd get more than you expected at night.

 

[gabe_j]

dude i know this may sound crazy but!!!! have you ever heard of what folks in california are doing to process medical herb... yeah that kind. into a more refined product. they use these bags with different sized micron filters! they all stack into each other and you can seperate all the different sizes of pods and plankton in the water it would be a simple enough filter to be useful while providing you a way to seperate and bag all your harvested plankton.set up a system on a boat that pumps water up and through the filters and then right back out to sea. so your not stuck with easily 100's of gallons of water and you still get your plankton. you could probably freeze that in bags for storage and later feedings for the tank. it would completely eliminate having to buy fish food!

 

[gabe_j]

they are called bubble bags. i called up thier office and left a message to see if they thought their product could stand up to salt water application. if it does this would be awesome!