SPR
Well-Known Member
@Pat24601
I started this because I didn’t want to hijack the other thread.
So your fed up of lugging 5 gallons water buckets around. So was I!
There are many easier ways and what I have done is firstly I mix 120 litres of fresh saltwater (this is the size of my sump) in a large container with heaters and mixing pumps to mix the new water. I set this going with no salt a few days before to heat up and then I add the salt on the day of the water change adjusted to either +/- salinity requirement of the tank.
I then empty the sump of 120 litres using the Python water changer straight down the drain which also sucks out any rubbish/dirt from the sump.
I purchased a 5000lph (yes it’s quiet powerful!! Lol) pond pump and enough hose to reach from my salt container to my sump which is about 15-20 metres away. When in place I let rip with the pump and even turned to half power it will fill the sump in about 2 minutes! I just watch the sump level rise and then run to the pump power to turn it off.
Once you get used to it you can do a full water change in a very short space of time.
I also sometimes do the same thing for the RO reservoir with the pump.
My water change is around 18% and I now do this every 2 weeks.
So no more humping 5 gallon buckets for me!
I started this because I didn’t want to hijack the other thread.
So your fed up of lugging 5 gallons water buckets around. So was I!
There are many easier ways and what I have done is firstly I mix 120 litres of fresh saltwater (this is the size of my sump) in a large container with heaters and mixing pumps to mix the new water. I set this going with no salt a few days before to heat up and then I add the salt on the day of the water change adjusted to either +/- salinity requirement of the tank.
I then empty the sump of 120 litres using the Python water changer straight down the drain which also sucks out any rubbish/dirt from the sump.
I purchased a 5000lph (yes it’s quiet powerful!! Lol) pond pump and enough hose to reach from my salt container to my sump which is about 15-20 metres away. When in place I let rip with the pump and even turned to half power it will fill the sump in about 2 minutes! I just watch the sump level rise and then run to the pump power to turn it off.
Once you get used to it you can do a full water change in a very short space of time.
I also sometimes do the same thing for the RO reservoir with the pump.
My water change is around 18% and I now do this every 2 weeks.
So no more humping 5 gallon buckets for me!