How do you change your water ?

[andestang]

Just curious how some change their water.Any tricks or special set-ups one would like to share? Especially those that have peices that almost reach the surface of the main display. I don't have as big of a sump as I would like, so changing just from just the sump does'nt allow me to just draw all that I want from there, so I have to also take some from the main tank.Then just slowly add it to the sump to refill. I remember a member some time ago had neat setup (medican) Thought about buying it, but I think Deb (emilyb) beat me to it.

[justinl]

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]

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

[mark]

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]

High and dry seems to work with my corals.

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

[marie]

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