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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 585436)

Your problem is your tank is too big!!! :) You can buy water at most of the grocery stores, super store near you will have some. Might cost a bit, but might be worth it. I've got 5g here, but that's literally a drop in the bucket for your system!

i'm calling around to find some large amounds of water. thanks

is your tap water that terribly bad that its not an option vs doing nothing at all?

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Originally Posted by cuz (Post 585442)

is your tap water that terribly bad that its not an option vs doing nothing at all?

Good thought. Our water is fine for an emergency water change. I'd start filling and go get some prime at petsmart. Rather have a bit of algae than dead tank critters

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 585443)

Good thought. Our water is fine for an emergency water change. I'd start filling and go get some prime at petsmart. Rather have a bit of algae than dead tank critters

Agreed!

If you need it, I have a 50g drum here you can borrow for a few days. Maybe a 20g one as well.

I willl go for the tap water, as I would need I think 150 gal ore so to have any impact

I have buckets and will run to get the prime, let it mix for an houre with salt and put it in

Brad thanks, I have lots of buckets

I have to get some salt to,

it will be a long night but ok

I will move away from the laptop and get moving

fingers XX

Good luck man , that reminds me I have to ditch the 15 gal tub and get a 100 gal tub for a just in case WAter change.

I once accidently boosted my alkalinity up to 22 dkh for a couple of days. All of the flesh fell off of one of my acropora but the rest survived. Good luck with your water change.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 585417)

Quickly look up how to lower alk, I recall vinegar might do it. Check the Reefcentral chemistry forum, and take whatever drastic action neccesary

I've used vinager in my freshy tanks before,and it worked great.
I would think you could use it in saltwater as well.

Good luck

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 585465)

I once accidently boosted my alkalinity up to 22 dkh for a couple of days. All of the flesh fell off of one of my acropora but the rest survived. Good luck with your water change.

the first 45 are going in as we speak, there are 3x 45 gal mixing at the time, so I'm lowering my water in the tank to about what i think would be 160 to 180 gal and than fil it while all pumps are running.

total water volume inclouding new frag tank and sump would be 500 gal - rock and sand, so about 400 / 430 gal water vol

when I have the first big change dun, i'm hoping to get down to about a KH of 20 and then bumb the calcium up a bit to 460 and then let nature do the rest

I drop about 8 to 9 ppm on the calcium a day, and if I recal right about 1.6 KH a day, so then we should be back in check after a week

gust hoping everything is doing ok

I stil have the frags (about 130) in smal bins, and wil put them floating in the new frag tank for tonight, and tomorrow while dripping the bins, introduce them to the new water parameters (I dont want to loos them)