would you use "box" water in a pinch?

[MoshJosh]

Hypothetically, if I ran out of saltwater, and needed to do a water change. . . would you trust this stuff:

Imagitarium Pacific Ocean Water, 5 gallons | Petco

www.petco.com

 

[KrisReef]

Trust but verify the parameters

 

[Gtinnel]

I would just not do the water change until I could make my own water, unless there is some issue to where I have no choice but to do a water change.

 

[KStatefan]

Define need to do a water change?

I think there is something bad in my water and I need to do a water change. Yes

I have not done my xx% water change and I need to do a water change. No

 

[brandon429]

I would use that vs 1 of the two pet stores here in Austin who sells premade water, from a sketchy system that smells bad and comes home at .019 salinity

at least that above is filtered ocean water, I'd trust it in my pico for sure. that water alone just skip cycled a setup here on the site, first I've seen of bottled saltwater accomplishing that. the stuff certainly has cycling bac in it/all ocean water does.

I'm literally shocked that a city the size of Austin + pflugerville +georgetown +all surrounding markets only has two LFS that make premade water. amazing, I would have thought demand for quality would diversify it much more

RiverCity aquatics does a good job with red sea blue bucket mixed clean to .025.

 

[MoshJosh]

Define need to do a water change?

I think there is something bad in my water and I need to do a water change. Yes

I have not done my xx% water change and I need to do a water change. No

Currently I fall into the former category.

Thank you all for the replies, I will pick some up on my way home.

 

[brandon429]

here was that thread

How to cycle my biocube

So I’ve had my biocube 32g set up for about a week now and I put live rock and live sand in there and used imagitarium water from the pet store what should I add to the water to build up the proper bacteria to add fish and when should I do my first water change and about what percentage should I...

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