degibson84
Active Member
if i mix my water weeks b4 i am going to use it won't it go stagnent???
Hi all.
I'm not sure if I'm just asking for trouble, but I'm not nearly that careful with my water changes.
I usually do a 10% water change (approx 24L at a time).
All I do is fill 2 buckets and mix in the salt.
Wait until the cloudiness disappears (10 mins), re-stir to ensure no salt has settled on the bottom.
I check the salinity and add salt until I'm in the ball-park of my tanks salinity.
I don't check or adjust the temperature of the new water!
I remove the same amount of water from the display tank.
I then use a surgical drip to replace the water over several hours, allowing my heater and chiller to stablise the temperature.
Using this method, I have never had a significant change in either salinity or temperature.
Is there some "pothole" I am not seeing in using this method?
The way I see it, if there is a variation in the salinity of my new water, adding it so slowly will only change the salinity slowly, and the same goes for temperature. By dripping it into the tank, the heater and chiller easily control the change.
cheers
I will have to review the post and maybe make it clearer. However many people seem to miss the point of this post. Its main purpose is for large water changes. A 10% water change has very little impact on the system in general. That is why, in item 6. I did mention that it was a point where, for a small water change, such controls isn't that important.
There are still some points within this procedure that everyone should follow -- the time for mixing -- for example.