Natural seawater

[Murph]

Been using it for about a year. I get it from where I work in southwest FL. Was wondering if anyone else here was. Opinions?

http://www.newpassgrill.com/

Its technically inshore but is right on a pass pulling in thousands of gallons a minute most likely. Water always test 0 for N and P and salinity is always stable. I used it for over a year without problem. Had various local creatures in and out of the tank and small box fish that was locally collected. Problems only came when I finally had enough money to add some things from the LFS. The guaranteed parasite free fish were not so parasite free.

Many of my algae problems came under control from just using the NSW and the large free water changes I was able to make. Now with a ATS I aint ever looking back. To be honest I probably would not be able to afford to keep a decent tank if it were not for these two factors.

I never met a skimmer that I really liked and am glad to be done with them. Quality control on the salt mixes seems to be going in the crapper too.

Some friends down the street from work.
http://www.mote.org/

Views of our local passes

http://texascoastgeology.com/florida/florida.html

[SantaMonica]

Looks like a wonderful place. Worlds most beautiful beaches.

NSW is fine; lots of plankton to feed the corals. However, it is eaten up in a matter of minutes, so I'm not sure it's worth your time. As for doing it for nutrient reduction, your scrubber should be taking care of that :)

[Murph]

Yep; my ATS is coming along fine. I think I spent about 30 bucks making it. When I compare that to the thousand or more I have spent on skimmers over the past ten years or so that made little to no difference when it came to nuisance algae in the display I want to pull my hair out. My ATS has out done them all in a matter of a few months.

Before my ATS though the NSW was all I could afford. It pretty much saved me from having to take my tank down during the great recession.