How do you change your water ?

justinl · #1 04-08-2007, 09:08 PM

if you're worried about corals near the top drying out, you can spray them with a turkey baster regularly while they're out of water. Spending a lil time high and dry wouldn't hurt them too much would it?

I don't have that problem though. I siphon my water into a 5gallon polaris juig and dump it in the driveway (kills the weeds!). yup that's it really. I have a big container that always has at least 10 gal saltwater ready for whenever i need it. I keep it behind the display so it's easy to access.

Quagmire · #2 04-08-2007, 10:45 PM

I just let my corals get a tan for 5 or 10 minutes during low tide

mark · #3 04-08-2007, 11:04 PM

If I'm siphoning out from the display, I have some Xenia that's out of water for a bit, doesn't seem to effect it.

G1GY · #4 04-09-2007, 02:06 AM

High and dry seems to work with my corals.

I'd only worry if I had a sponge that was near the top.

marie · #5 04-09-2007, 02:22 AM

The only coral that i have that doesn't like spending time sticking out of the water is my birdsnest and then it's only the tips that suffer

BCOrchidGuy · #6 04-09-2007, 02:53 AM

I have a 5 gallon aquarium in the garage that actually only holds 4.5 gallons of water. I fill it with 4 gallons of fresh water and add 2 cups of IO salt, I let it mix for 24ish hours. I have a 5 gallon water jug that's marked for 4.5 gallons and I siphon the water from the tank, sometimes I take some from the sump but because it's low there isn't much of a siphon created. I dump that down the toilet or out the back patio depending on if there are a lot of weeds or not. I rinse out the water jug, and fill it again with the new water from the garage, pour it in and turn on the sump again.

Doug

ps I'll add about 1 ml of the RHF Ca and Alk to my 4.5 gallons before I add it to the tank.

Tangman · #7 04-09-2007, 05:49 AM

I have a pre-sump that holds about 30 gallons, with a by pass .
To do a water change I open the by pass , open the drain at the bottom of the pre-sump , once emptied, close the drain, refill via ro/di water on a kent float valve, once full, add salt, mixing pump, heater and let mix for 24 hours, test, and close by-pass and I'm done!
Takes about 25 hours with NO effort