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[Bifferwine]

Yep water quality close to shore is often quite poor. Mostly because of hydrocarbons running off the land and from boats.

[JellyMan]

Originally Posted by bobby

It doesnt matter how good it is, there can still be parasites, a diseased animale, or polution. Parasites and disease are not only in our tanks its in the ocean too, also with all the peopel poluting its all over, sure it might not be out farther as bad because of dilution and filtration but its still closer to shore none the less.

dont think I was disagreeing with you that was not the case I was simply stating that they say the more live rock you have the better the filteration look how many pounds of live rock the ocean has. And CC and look how deep the sand bed is it just illudes me thats all.

[yote]

Think of it like this.Look at your skimmer and the crap it pulls out of your water.
Then look at the wave action and the foam along the beach.