Water Change Prep

[banditpowdercoat]

I constantly keep 15g circulating in a rubbermade garbage can. water change whenever I need it. Usually every 3-4 weeks

[superduperwesman]

See I don't really want to keep a ph running in 5 gallons of water for a week... seems like a waste of power. Do I really need to keep it circulating? What happens if you don't?

What if I put a timer on it so the power head starts up a few hours before my water change... or maybe for just an hour each day?

[karazy]

if you dont want to use a powerhead yo could maybe use one of those bubblers?

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by superduperwesman

See I don't really want to keep a ph running in 5 gallons of water for a week... seems like a waste of power. Do I really need to keep it circulating? What happens if you don't?

What if I put a timer on it so the power head starts up a few hours before my water change... or maybe for just an hour each day?

Salt settles fast if not constantly mixed. Only need a little powerhead. I run a Mag350 in my waterchange bucket. uses like 18W or something??? A Koralia 1 or2 would be even better. But the Mag is all I had. Plus, I use it to pump the fresh change water to the tank

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

I used to make 100G of saltwater at once and then use about 30G or so once a month. So some of the water would sit for a few months before being used and never had problems. I did have a small PH going the whole time though.

I have tried it without a PH once and the water kind of turned a funny color after a week. Maybe just a freak thing that time though.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Salt settles fast if not constantly mixed.

Saltwater, once mixed, should not settle out any salt. I've stored mixed sw for months before with no settling.