Collecting Water - Reef-Geeks

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Got myself a 12 volt bilge pump , and a 12 volt 18/20 amp hour deep cycle battery

220 liter container "with a pump and heater"

Works a treat in the back yard ,i had the pump running off the battery for an hour

a couple of pics of what i have wired up

Sneezy · Big-Geek

You Aussies get all the good stuff, I would be scared to add water from my harbor.

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

LOL it is clean water , but like anything you have to wait for the right days

chris&barb · Lost

What do you pump it into? How far do you have to transport it?

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Well C&B it takes me about a 15 min drive from my house to go to Mornington ,and i use 20 liter plastic drums "i have 11 of them

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chris&barb · Lost

So how often do you have to make the trip?

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Well i have only gone once since i set my 5x2x2 up .
And only finished wiring up the switch ,and extending the pump cables last week.
Not sure how often i will go , but it is amazing to see how the corals open right up to feed once the water was added.

billrob71 · Will work for CLAMS

Thats nice just to go get water you use.

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Indeed it is

Reefdaddy · Geek Squad Jedi

Another cheap way of reefing

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

Collected 200 liters of water this morning .

At my normal place , and in one of my 20 liter drums it , was full of particles and mysis shrimps !! , its a pitty i am skimming all the water before i put it into the tank .Oh well next time , i just thought it was strange to see so many shrimps.

ozzie · Reef-Geek

why are you skimmer NSW and then adding it to your main tank?

I would just add it straight to your tank Andrew and i can imagine your corals will go nuts over all the little bugs thats in the water.
I would luv to collect my own water but it will take me hour and half to get there.

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

NO mate........ the water today, due to the wind had far too much sand and debris in it.Hence i skimmed it , better to be safe than sorry . a lot of crap in it today .

ozzie · Reef-Geek

I'm surprise that today you got a lot of rubbish. Did you collect the live mysis shrimp for me

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

YES LOL they will be dead in the skimmer body now

ozzie · Reef-Geek

One day i'm going to go with you and collect some water

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

No wuckers Theo , you are welcome anytime mate

I go early though

chris&barb · Lost

I would like to collect my own water but its too far of a drive and i would want to do it from a boat anyway. The water is not so clean close to sure around here

Barbara · Geekette

that's soooooooo cool that you are able to collect genuine salt water...I'd love to be able to do that...I think it would be healthier for your tank....is it? How often do you collect water? And do you filter it in any way or store it?

Thinkin Reef · Greeter Of New Geeks

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Originally Posted by chris&barb

I would like to collect my own water but its too far of a drive and i would want to do it from a boat anyway. The water is not so clean close to sure around here

It is pretty clean where i go

, and what it cost , it has already paid off .

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Originally Posted by Barbara

that's soooooooo cool that you are able to collect genuine salt water...I'd love to be able to do that...I think it would be healthier for your tank....is it? How often do you collect water? And do you filter it in any way or store it?

Barb , i should get it every week imo

"but i am lazy " so roughly once a month i get 200 liters

200 liters to buy "would cost $50 dollars , at the local fish shop"

The only thing is not to get it after we have heavy rain "thats the only rule really"

Most times i collect, i never filter it.But this week due to the winds i skimmed the water before i put it into the tank.

Also all i do is store it in a 250 liter container and heat it up

[1 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-10-2009, 11:17 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Collecting Water Got myself a 12 volt bilge pump , and a 12 volt 18/20 amp hour deep cycle battery 220 liter container "with a pump and heater" Works a treat in the back yard ,i had the pump running off the battery for an hour a couple of pics of what i have wired up	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-13-2009, 12:26 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by Reefdaddy 09-13-2009, 02:45 AM	Geek Squad Jedi
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 12-05-2009, 04:10 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Collected 200 liters of water this morning . At my normal place , and in one of my 20 liter drums it , was full of particles and mysis shrimps !! , its a pitty i am skimming all the water before i put it into the tank .Oh well next time , i just thought it was strange to see so many shrimps. __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[13 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 12-05-2009, 04:24 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
NO mate........ the water today, due to the wind had far too much sand and debris in it.Hence i skimmed it , better to be safe than sorry . a lot of crap in it today . __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 09-10-2009, 11:26 PM	Big-Geek
You Aussies get all the good stuff, I would be scared to add water from my harbor.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-11-2009, 12:14 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
LOL it is clean water , but like anything you have to wait for the right days	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 09-11-2009, 12:15 PM	Lost
What do you pump it into? How far do you have to transport it?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-11-2009, 04:00 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Well C&B it takes me about a 15 min drive from my house to go to Mornington ,and i use 20 liter plastic drums "i have 11 of them "	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 09-11-2009, 10:15 PM	Lost
So how often do you have to make the trip?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 09-11-2009, 10:22 PM	Greeter Of New Geeks
Well i have only gone once since i set my 5x2x2 up . And only finished wiring up the switch ,and extending the pump cables last week. Not sure how often i will go , but it is amazing to see how the corals open right up to feed once the water was added.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by billrob71 09-13-2009, 12:09 AM	Will work for CLAMS
Thats nice just to go get water you use.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 6,413 Gameroom cash: $1737675 Rep Power: 94
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[12 (permalink)] Posted by ozzie 12-05-2009, 04:22 AM	Reef-Geek
why are you skimmer NSW and then adding it to your main tank? I would just add it straight to your tank Andrew and i can imagine your corals will go nuts over all the little bugs thats in the water. I would luv to collect my own water but it will take me hour and half to get there.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 733 Gameroom cash: $12283610 Rep Power: 15
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[14 (permalink)] Posted by ozzie 12-05-2009, 04:26 AM	Reef-Geek
I'm surprise that today you got a lot of rubbish. Did you collect the live mysis shrimp for me	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 733 Gameroom cash: $12283610 Rep Power: 15
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[15 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 12-05-2009, 04:27 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
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[16 (permalink)] Posted by ozzie 12-05-2009, 04:31 AM	Reef-Geek
One day i'm going to go with you and collect some water	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 733 Gameroom cash: $12283610 Rep Power: 15
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[17 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 12-05-2009, 04:34 AM	Greeter Of New Geeks
No wuckers Theo , you are welcome anytime mate I go early though __________________ Wal-Mart Greeter http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,130 Gameroom cash: $1044957 Rep Power: 72
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[18 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 12-05-2009, 09:20 AM	Lost
I would like to collect my own water but its too far of a drive and i would want to do it from a boat anyway. The water is not so clean close to sure around here	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[19 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 12-05-2009, 04:08 PM	Geekette
that's soooooooo cool that you are able to collect genuine salt water...I'd love to be able to do that...I think it would be healthier for your tank....is it? How often do you collect water? And do you filter it in any way or store it?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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