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Does @Randy Holmes-Farley still think Instant Ocean is the way to go?
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LOLDoes @Randy Holmes-Farley still think Instant Ocean is the way to go?
Ok, but what do you use and why?For those looking at purchasing Fritz, just a personal share. I had used it several times, the 200 gallon boxes and bucket. Noticed my alk seemed to keep dropping and tested a freshly mixed batch. Ca 360, mag 1050, alk 6. Won't use it again.
I'm in New jersey too, but you better put me on a large watercraft and take me out about 90 miles to chicken shoals before I dip a bucket in the local ocean for my reef, no insults intended...
I switched from I/O to R/C as per a recommendation. I was not happy with the build up of a slime on my pumps..I chose to go with RSPS and I have been satisfied with the product. I do appreciate the availability of the test results available on line with each bucket purchased.
For those looking at purchasing Fritz, just a personal share. I had used it several times, the 200 gallon boxes and bucket. Noticed my alk seemed to keep dropping and tested a freshly mixed batch. Ca 360, mag 1050, alk 6. Won't use it again.
90 miles out your on or past the lip of the continental shelf in 5000+ feet of water.....no shoals out there. I am aware of Hen and Chicken Shoals just off Lewes, Delaware....but that's just off the coast.
And yes, back in the 60's and 70's New Jersey waters were "dirty" between chemical dumping and honey barges and direct sewage dumping out on NYC and New Jersey......beach whistles were everywhere. I can remember going on dives, and if you could see your fingers from your extended arm, you'd get out of the water and call all your diving friends to announce that visibility was fantastic. But there was a major cleanup (new laws)....no more honey barges, no direct dumping of untreated sewage, and all the chemical companys have stopped dumping (with most closed up). We had a bad one in my area...National Lead....superfund site on their properties and along part of the local coastline where they dumped slag. Otherwise the waters are considerably cleaner.
Do you frequently local restaurants? Guess where their fish and scallops come from....NJ waters. My favorite place is Keyport Fishery....all local caught stuff. As far as heavy metal contamination, I'd be more concerned about the plastic parts in our aquarium equipment coming out of a certain country than the waters off New Jersey. I could always just send off a sample to Triton. Again, not overly concerned about the potential contaminants in NJ waters.....short of when we have a red tide.
For those looking at purchasing Fritz, just a personal share. I had used it several times, the 200 gallon boxes and bucket. Noticed my alk seemed to keep dropping and tested a freshly mixed batch. Ca 360, mag 1050, alk 6. Won't use it again.
I live next to the ocean, albeit in New Jersey, and a stones throw from NYC, but I've now been kicking around the idea of collecting ocean water for water changes. Just need to figure out current levels and the logistics of collecting this water.