Sea water

[macca]

Sorry might sould like a silly question, but does anyone have a recipe for artifical sea water. Since we are around 6hrs from the ocean. Boss asked is there anywhere between here and Sydney that he could get some maybe 2 millon years ago

[rae]

Do you have The Laboratory by B Dungey?? If so see page 204 there is a recipe for artificial sea water.

This is it:
1.4g Magnesium chloride
9.9g magnesium sulfate
114g sodium chloride
5.7g potassium sulfate
6 litres water

Dissolve each ingredient separately in a portion of the water, then mix all the solutions and stir thoroughly. Aerate the mixture vigourously fo 48 hours and coll in the refrigerator.

For maintaining marine plants and animals.

Hope this helps

Lorrae

[trish armstrong]

my recipe that I have is,
To 1Litre of water : 22.5g NaCl
1.75g MgSO4
2.5g MgCl2
1.0g K2SO4

Hope this helps and is correct.
Trish

[macca]

Thanks everyone, sure beats a 6hr drive, although a day at the beach would be nice

[Narelle01]

if it was sydney sea water, don't forget the effluent....

[smiley]

Right on Narelle! Macca I could send you some stingers and that would make it tropical.

[macca]

LOL I know a couple of places I could put both those things girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!