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View Poll Results: How often are you doing water changes? | |||
Once a month |
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30 | 21.74% |
Once every 2 weeks |
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49 | 35.51% |
Every week |
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55 | 39.86% |
Every day |
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3 | 2.17% |
Water changes? What are water changes? |
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1 | 0.72% |
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#31
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![]() So then, is pumping water from the WC station to the tank an automation ?
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#32
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![]() Me neither. Lifting buckets I'd say is the #3 cause of attrition in this hobby. My water station is in my basement. I pump it from there all the way to my living room with a long hose and plug the pump into a remote controlled socket (you can get from Canadian Tire). Press a button and go surf the web. Same process for pumping water out of the sump. Goes down that hose into the basement drain. I've saved a few reefers by pointing them to the remote switch/socket.
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![]() If you can't taste it...it ain't a real water change.
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#36
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![]() said the bitter man carrying buckets....
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Not only do I no longer throw my shoulders out, I also don't spend an hour cleaning it up and no longer suffer the wrath of the female ![]() You know what, despite all my amazing attempts at minimizing mess, I have to agree, I must taste the water every time I change water, whether it be me splashing it into my face or an overzealous fish splashing it into my face or my damn clownfish scaring all things holy out of me by biting me and causing me to splash water all over the place........ ![]() ![]() ![]() |
#38
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![]() 10% every two weeks. Bucket carrying every week, too much!!
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#39
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![]() 10% weekly
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![]() 25% every 2 weeks for me, Gravity feed ro water to my mixing barrel next to my tank from the storage barrel mounted over my ensuite tub, add salt & heater then mix for 24 hours using a Hydor 1400 powerhead. Shut down my return pump, skimmer etc. in the sump and pump all the water out of the sump 25 gallons to the kitchen sink drain. Once emptied I pump the new water into the sump from the mixing barrel 25 gallons, making sure the salinity and temp. are good in the new water before it gets pumped to the sump. Done! No bucket carrying for me.
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Hey! I never "LEFT" the hobby, just doing fresh water now. Which is still listed as part of Canreef if I'm not mistaken. ![]() |
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