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SMARTbomb
03/02/2006, 08:16 PM
I purchase a pre-mixed salt water in 5gal jugs from LFS. Are there any disadvantages to this?
OnTheReef
03/02/2006, 09:17 PM
There can be, depending on how well your LFS maintains their purification equipment and if they use good quality or cheap salt mix and how clean they keep their storage tanks. Just run a full battery of tests on the water: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, alkalinity, calcium and see how they rate?
old salty
03/02/2006, 09:34 PM
Gets to be pricey depending on how much you buy. A good RO/DI unit and some bulk salt will eventually save you money in the long run.
NewMariner
03/02/2006, 10:31 PM
And dont forget the back breaking work of lugging buckets of water from the LFS to the car, then from the car to the house...ouch!!! My back would be killing me...

Do your back a favor and buy an RO/DI and mix your salt at home...
fish are life
03/02/2006, 10:48 PM
at my work we sell water straight from the ocean and it is pretty popular.
NewMariner
03/02/2006, 11:00 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6869270#post6869270 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fish are life
at my work we sell water straight from the ocean and it is pretty popular.

How do you sell water straight from the ocean when your in Arizona with no ocean nearby?
fish are life
03/02/2006, 11:01 PM
haha good reply, it is shipped straight from the ocean in thick bags and boxes