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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jul 11, 2014 20:23:09 GMT -5
Here it is water change night for me. Even being out of work, life is so busy and tank maintenance has been falling behind. So in an attempt to get back on track, Fridays are my new water change night. So when and how often does everyone else do water changes or maintenance on your tanks?
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Post by maineultraclassic on Jul 11, 2014 20:24:49 GMT -5
I do a 5 gal water change each weekend, change the filter sock as needed, clean the skimmer as needed.
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Post by scoobnoob on Jul 11, 2014 21:30:58 GMT -5
5 gallon water change on the frag tank every Tuesday night, 5 gallon water change on the nano cube every Thursday or Sat if work prevents it
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jul 12, 2014 6:14:07 GMT -5
I do a 10% (10g) water change every other week. Recently I started have an algae bloom and it would get worse with water changes so I've stopped doing water changes and my algae is going away, if that makes sense lol
I picked up some silica resin at easy 2 weekend's ago got my Di chamber (hoping that was my problem) so I'll be trying out my first 10% water change today:)
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Post by Frank on Jul 12, 2014 15:45:40 GMT -5
I've been doing 10% changes weekly as well as trimming out a football sized piece of chaeto and cleaning the skimmer. The exact day changes as I work a rotating schedule but I record all the changes in note on my iPad.
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Post by Jordan Emery on Jul 12, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5
I do a gallon water change every night through the apex. it takes 1 gallon out and puts a new gallon in. Have not had any issues yet... Been doing this about 6 months now!
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Post by Lance on Jul 13, 2014 20:59:28 GMT -5
25% 1x a month.
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Post by Tucker on Jul 14, 2014 6:23:45 GMT -5
I do a gallon water change every night through the apex. it takes 1 gallon out and puts a new gallon in. Have not had any issues yet... Been doing this about 6 months now! Are you using a litemeter or some type of precise pump or have you found some other cool way of doing this with the apex? |
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Post by gotareef on Jul 14, 2014 7:40:42 GMT -5
5g every 2 weeks in the 40g. back on track with the 180g 40g every month or so  |
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Post by n00b- Ryan [Poland] on Jul 14, 2014 9:24:48 GMT -5
The big question I have... How is everyone actually performing their water change. Any cool space-saving, time saving,even back-saving methods?
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jul 14, 2014 10:14:42 GMT -5
The big question I have... How is everyone actually performing their water change. Any cool space-saving, time saving,even back-saving methods? Time saving... I use a mj1200 with a hose attached to it to vacuum out all the nasty's . Another clean mj for pumping freshly mixed water back in. |
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Post by gotareef on Jul 14, 2014 11:01:16 GMT -5
I still havent run a line from the ro to the mixing tote so I carry gallon jugs downstairs but ca3000 for mixing and pumping water back in the tank. but I still like to use a siphon to take water out so I can clean trouble areas, vacuum some sand....
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jul 14, 2014 11:17:06 GMT -5
I have a two 32 gallon brute trash cans stacked in my basement with RO float valves plumbed to both. Top one is for RO water storage the bottom is for mixing saltwater. Then I have a mag18 plumbed to a 3/4 union and reduced to 45ft of 1/2 inch python hose that I use to pump water from my basement to my tank. No hauling water for me. A 20 gallon water change takes me maybe 20-30 minutes.
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Post by gotareef on Jul 14, 2014 11:21:10 GMT -5
I dont mind hauling water,hauling a couple gallons of water is about all I can lift these days who needs physical therapy just get a sw tank |
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Post by Pokahpolice on Jul 14, 2014 13:05:37 GMT -5
50% water change in a 5 gallon bucket...keeping it small has it's perks
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