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I will follow this as well... great idea... specially im using canisters instead of a 30g sump which I am saving for .... this will help me a lot instead of doing 20g changes/week
Not at the moment. Between the tank looking nice and having great momentum (mission accomplished) and an even-more-severe lack of regular free time, my situation pretty much dictated it.
What's got you considering it? Anything in particular?
If you have a fast, easy way to swap 10 (or even 15 if you wanted, given the size of your system) gallons a day, I'd still heartily recommend it.
Let me know if you have any good ideas on the "fast, easy" part of the water changes. I'm always on the lookout for more ideas and might be able to add an idea too. Two that may or may not be obvious to start with: Don't over-complicate it or make it take more time than needed. If you're doing it right, mixing water should take around five minutes from the time you add salt.
Good luck!
-Matt
I just can't whip my nitrates. That's really my reasoning. So basically I'm looking to the basics to help me (water changes) battle nitrate. Skimming wet, food cut backs, vinegar dosing (only been 3 weeks so might be too soon), diy upflow scrubber (not the best design) didn't help. My nitrates are still at 20, so back to basics using water changes and supreme Rodi water.
I will admit that I've slacked on water changes and I feel like I'm paying for it now. So as of last night I decided water changes (as many as it takes or using the daily method) was the best approach (tried and true method) for me. I also used your method to sterilize my Rodi unit using bleach.
Been following fur a while, but since I've upgraded my tank I've been fighting nitrate and ammonia. Going to start doing 1 gallon daily in my tank and continue my weekly 10 gallon.
Matt, I removed all the rock in series, sun baked them for a week then recycled them in a livestock vat (last set of rocks is still cycling). I'm also 90% bare bottom too. This is leading me to my water supply and water changes. Sound right to you or am I going crazy, lol?
Water change #114!
Five gallons as usual.
Tank is holding steady, even without water changes - big coral colonies still getting bigger! Next time I clean the glass I'll get some pictures for size comparison.
I wish I still had time to do the daily water changes...or spare budget to equip an auto-change system of some kind.
Since I have neither, I'm just glad the corals don't seem to mind that all I'm keeping up with are daily feedings (very small pinch of flakes) and daily two-part editions (150mL/day of Recipe #2) and the occasional skimmer cleaning. Na+Cl levels are probably getting up there.
-Matt