Subj : Many Thanks To : All From : Mark Date : Mon Aug 11 2003 07:49 am To ReeFeR_MaN, Greg Bunch and richard reynolds, many thanks for taking time to reply. Your input is very much appreciated, as to using natural seawater, well where I live in Western Australia, there is a large industrial area called Kwinana. This industrial area is right on the coast and the state government has given most of the chemical manufacturing industries, exemption from having to abide by enviromental laws. These exemptions date back to the early 1970's when the government put industry above the environment and every government since then has lacked the will to revoke these exemptions. Therefore as you can appreciate collection of natural seawater is not really an option. Especially when industries are now being caught for Arsenic spills, herbecide spills and diesel spills which have happened years prior and are only being caught out because of the ground water contamination, tracked back to specific companies. This ground water goes directly into Cockburn Sound, and is resulting in fish kills, shell fish, small inshore reefs and starfish are the major casualties at present. So that is why I need to find a good quality artifical seawater that is both cost effective and suitable to seahorses. regards Mark --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 8/11/03 6:49:11 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .