Water from Water changes

[PiscesGirl]

What do you do with water taken from the tank after a water change??
Does it kill the grass if you dump it outside?

 

[KMP]

i put it in a tub for the next water change. by taking it out of the tank and letting it circulate by itself the parameters restabalize and can be reused. you can do this up to 8 times before having to get fresh water.

old water, i pour down the sink. not sure how the grass would fair with the salt...

 

[Cougra]

Yes it will kill the grass and any nearby plants if you dump it outside. Plants don't tollerate high concentrations of salt very well, that's why there are only a very small handful of true plants that can live near or in the oceans.

I have to admit that I dump my saltwater down the drain. While I know this isn't an ideal solution I don't have anywhere else to dump it.

 

[KMP]

ok, before anyone goes sideways on me...i was kidding about recycling your water

 

[Stevenmi]

http://www.tropicorium.com/low_tide.html

Now don't get to concerned...but recycling is an option.

sps tanks---->softy tanks----->fish tanks--->waste

Steve

 

[cheeks69]

Just empty the 7 gallon container into the toilet:bugout:

 

[Gina]

Dump it down the toilet.

 

[Woodstock]

I flush it~~

 

[Frankie]

Flush..

 

[reiple]

reef-->fowlr-->toilet

 

[Gibeon]

Toilet when clear.

Side of the yard when it's algae scraping time.

 

[blade25]

I pour it on the weeds in my driveway when i have them popping up, and of into the street it goes

 

[billyr98]

I pour it on the weeds in my driveway when i have them popping up, and of into the street it goes

does it kill the weeds?

 

[PiscesGirl]

good idea for a cheap weed killer...hmmm

 

[reiple]

i'm wondering. If your sewage system runs into the sea, could it be possible, though remote, that the sea in your area is receiving eggs, larvae, etc, of sea creatures not indigenous to your area?

all those "rich" seawater from tanks being dumped into the sewage system may introduce non-native animals into your sea. just speculating here....

 

[fulinn]

I dump mine outside on a stone patio. I have NO weeds growing up between the patio blocks.

I'm sure if I'll do this during the winter months or not, as I think it would freeze and I'm sure I want all that ice around the house.

I'll have to give it some thought.

Bonnie

 

[billyr98]

I trying this!!

 

[lcstorc]

I dump mine in the drainage ditch at the end of the property. I am on septic and afraid of what the salt will do to the system. As to introducing non-native critters if it is going into the sewage system, they treat all of the water so heavily that I doubt anything would live through that.
With just dumping it, I suppose it is possible.
BTW, I still have plenty of weeds in the ditch, but it does seem to slow the growth somewhat.

 

[Gina]

Hmmm....may have to try dumping it in my driveway. It's gravel and I get weeds popping up all the time.

 

[dtm]

I dump mine on the grass every weekend....does absolutly nothing to my grass....