mike_cmu04
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3 gallon bucket after bucket gets old after awhile
Water change method?
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I have 2 45 gallon rubbermaid brute trashcans on the dollies. One to mix fresh ASW and aerate for 48 hrs. One to siphon from frag tank (hooked into display). Siphon 5 or 10 gallons from settling tank and sump and the rest from the frag tank. Roll it out and roll in the full fresh ASW and pump it back in with a MJ1200. Easy Peasy.
Marshal
Marshal
Little Luey
Active Member
I use a 5gal drinking water bottle to empty my 5gal from the tank and pump the new SW from a rubbermaid container with a ph and a piece of hose. No more guessing on how much water I need to take out or replace.
Icebox
Member
In the past, i have used a 7 gallon water jug from walmart to take water out. I have a brute on wheels that I use to mix my new water in. I leave it in the corner and then wheel it over to the tank. I use an extra pump (dolphin 385 submesible) to pump the water back into the tank.
However I am trying to think of a better way to do this as well. It may not happen right away.
However I am trying to think of a better way to do this as well. It may not happen right away.
kromebusa
Member
I use the 5 gallon water cooler resevoirs. Easier to manuever around, I have a reverse osmosis setup in the garage, hook up the water, run into one, while I am taking out of the tank. I just started so i don't know how monotanous this will become. Knowing my lazy ass, I will probably hook up a drain out the side of my house (incorporate it when i build my sump). and I can drill into the wall and get a water line from the fridge, put my reverse osmosis setup in my stand......put a water check valve in the tank to keep the level right.
HAve a spicket on the return from the refugium that I can drain water out from- 5 gallons at a time. Then use another 5 gallon bucket with small pump and hose to slowly ( 5 minutes) put new water in. Takes about 15 minutes to do 10 gallon water change. I try ( oops) to do this about one time per week.
forestal
Active Member
i recently upgraded my water changes to 40 g /week on my 120, use that water for my seahors and anemone tanks (recycling.)
good exercise carrying 6 5 gallon bucket of water up the stairs from the basement, whew
mywife wants me to drill a hole in the floor and drain and pump, but i would probably screw something up and regret it, so i just use it for my exercise
good exercise carrying 6 5 gallon bucket of water up the stairs from the basement, whew
mywife wants me to drill a hole in the floor and drain and pump, but i would probably screw something up and regret it, so i just use it for my exercise
Kacy McCure
Member
I use marks on the sump, its seems to be more accurat in my tank. I use a 20 gal storage vessel and a powerhead that i transfer wat to the sump and the drain water comes from the tank with a valve inline to regulate the flow to match the power head. I walk around, feed the fis, a little, have a beer, adjust the flow, turn off the power head, got to bed. Works for me.
Water change? What's that? ;-)
Well, we don't do them often, but when we do - here's the deal.
Sump is in the basement, so that makes life a lot easier.
We start by flipping the switch on the RO/DI output, so it fills a large rubbermaid container (25g). When it's about 1/2 full, we add salt, PH, and heater, let it mix, heat, and fill the rest of the way (a day or so).
Then, we drain (via tubing) water from the sump to fill 5 x 5g buckets. Dump them down the basement sump hole - the sump pump then pumps it onto our back lawn (hubby's endless effort to kill as much grass as possible). We then put a return pump in the rubbermaid, pump the new water into the sump, and turn the return pump back on.
Not as difficult as it sounds - especially since we do it once every 2-3 months (if we're good).
Well, we don't do them often, but when we do - here's the deal.
Sump is in the basement, so that makes life a lot easier.
We start by flipping the switch on the RO/DI output, so it fills a large rubbermaid container (25g). When it's about 1/2 full, we add salt, PH, and heater, let it mix, heat, and fill the rest of the way (a day or so).
Then, we drain (via tubing) water from the sump to fill 5 x 5g buckets. Dump them down the basement sump hole - the sump pump then pumps it onto our back lawn (hubby's endless effort to kill as much grass as possible). We then put a return pump in the rubbermaid, pump the new water into the sump, and turn the return pump back on.
Not as difficult as it sounds - especially since we do it once every 2-3 months (if we're good).
Well tomorrow is my day for this...
What I do is this- 1st i make RO/DI water and mix with Tropic Marin salt overnight with a heater in place... this is all in two 33gallon trash cans... I then just close off 2 valves going to my tank and open the one going to my basement sump pump hole... and out goes the water... about 60ish gallons... and now i just pump in my trash cans full of water in my sump and BANG!! 66 gallon water change in about --- hmmmm 5 minutes...
What I do is this- 1st i make RO/DI water and mix with Tropic Marin salt overnight with a heater in place... this is all in two 33gallon trash cans... I then just close off 2 valves going to my tank and open the one going to my basement sump pump hole... and out goes the water... about 60ish gallons... and now i just pump in my trash cans full of water in my sump and BANG!! 66 gallon water change in about --- hmmmm 5 minutes...
ghostwolf
Active Member
I chose buckets/trash can with return pump. We normaly only use the can with return pump unless we are vacuming. 1st we mix TM Pro Reef with RO/DI water the day before in can with heater and air pump. Then we put a Rio 800 in the tank with an acryllic cover (so nosy inhabitants get too close) and pump out the required water from the tank. I have a mark on the back of background paper for 25% change. Then we put the Rio 800 in the can and pump back in the new water.
Lin
Lin
down and outman
Member
I'm waiting for my son to get his stuff out of my garage.:smck: I have a 30 gallon trash can to mix water in and I'm waiting patiently to set it up with a powerhead, heater, and a drain on it. In the meantime, I use a bucket to drain it, and have these cool 5 gal plastic drums with screw on lids to mix and haul water in. The hardest part is getting 2 or 3 batches to match. I've ended up pouring them back and forth with another drum to get the salinity right between them.:tongue:
iamkellogg
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Buckets. I have dedicated buckets for my saltwater tank and my freshwater tanks.
Kelly
Kelly