water changes

[blaster]

how does everbody do them?When i pump new water back to my tank,i always have to pump sme of it out because of the sulfide that form from previous change.Any ideas its a waste of new water.I just cant completely empty the hose out since it is 20 feet long.

[Skimmerking]

Hey Man good to see you are back into it. The Euro reef is skimming like crazy.

First off HOw big is your tank?
Second how mmuch water changes are you doing at a time?

[christyf5]

Can't you pick up the hose and follow it back to the pump, emptying it on the way?

I do the 3 carboys out, 3 carboys in routine, its hard on the back and I've been thinking about moving to a pump but just haven't gotten around to doing it

[Denis]

You can try to purge it with air, that is if you got a compressor.

[BMW Rider]

I use about 35 feet of hose to pump the water from my mixing tank to the sump for water changes. I just disconnect at the pump, then coil up the hose draining the residual water into the sump as I go.