Business idea

[captexas]

The little bit of calcium left in the old water from your tank can't compare much to all the limestone in our water that clogs our water heaters, faucets and everything else. If the old water were allowed to sit in a section of pipe for a few years, sure, some calcium would deposit I'm sure.

[cbianco]

captexas

I was going to metion lime deposits also! I have to chisel out my bathtub just to get it clean! :lol

I know that lime is different than calcium but the build up is the same idea in my eyes.

Christopher

[GaryP]

The calcium level in tap water from the Edwards Aquifer is around 175 ppm.

That's something that I haven't mentioned in all the recent "my calcium is to high" posts we have seen recently. If you are getting about 525 ppm from Oceanic salt and you are using tap water that would give you a total of about 700 ppm of calcium. If you are using that water to do water changes that doesn't have a very high calcium demand it would be easy to see some of the 600+ ppm calcium test results that have been reported. That would also apply, to a lesser degree with water coming from an RO unit with exhausted cartridges or a membrane that is overdue for replacement.

[GaryP]

I know that lime is different than calcium but the build up is the same idea in my eyes.

Lime is calcium carbonate. Chemically its the same thing as aragonite, live rock, limestone rock or hard coral backbone. Lime has a tendency to precipitate whgen there is a change in temperature (as in a water heater) or when there is a pressure change (like when water goes from a pressurized pipe to 0 psi as it goes through a faucet.) Doesn't that make sense?

[Thunderkat]

If you have an idea of something you want to do don't get discouraged. Just doing water changes is a little too narrow you need to broaden that and advertise.

Go to nice businesses and offer aquarium service and you might even get to install tanks and run it for them, for a fee of course. Everybody's favorite home aquarium service guy (Deuce Bigalow) did it all for the fish keepers (don't forget all his assistants :lol ).

There has to be more people that are going away for a while (like reef69 and his europe vacation) that need somebody to care for their fish. Everybody here that has fish might need somebody to care for their fish at one time or another.

Just my 2 cents.

[AlexKilpatrick]

Well, from a business perspective, specialization can work. Look at Jiffy Lube compared to a full service station.

Joshua, I am willing to share the fun of my tank with you anyday.

[::pete::]

Are you joking? Changing water in the tank is 90% of the fun!

Joshua ... you recycling!!!!