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post #1 of 22
1/31/12 at 4:11pm
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I just completed my water change! I did about 8 gallons in my 37 gallon tank. My tank is cloudy now- b/c of the water change. I enjoy doing water changes, and would like to know if anyone else enjoys it as well?

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post #2 of 22
1/31/12 at 6:09pm

I enjoy it, but will enjoy it a lot more when it's all automated!!!!!!! bigg.gif

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post #3 of 22
1/31/12 at 6:10pm

not really. lol Labor of love, I guess you could call it.

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post #4 of 22
1/31/12 at 6:19pm

I don't mind mine one way or the other, I can do it relatively fast so it doesn't bother me...I enjoy working with my tank in general.

 

I definitely enjoy water changes more than running tests though!:) I cannot wait to be done cycling.

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post #5 of 22
1/31/12 at 6:29pm

Eh, it's a water change.  I don't really enjoy it, but I do like the look of a nice clean tank after all the rocks have been blown down and the sandbed is clean.  There's always a little cyano somewhere in a seahorse system, no such thing in my house as a ULN tank unfortunately.  rolleyes.gif

 

I do a 5-10g water change every weekend, with occasional skips.  The skipped weekend is always followed up by a 10g change the following Saturday, though.

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post #6 of 22
1/31/12 at 7:10pm

40 gallon every week end.i dont mind one bit.i have alot of corals and as soon as the new water is in they blow right up.

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post #7 of 22
1/31/12 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by acrylic51 View Post

I enjoy it, but will enjoy it a lot more when it's all automated!!!!!!! bigg.gif



It's soooo much easier once it's automated. We push a button and it's done :-)

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post #8 of 22
2/1/12 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by BTLDreef View Post



It's soooo much easier once it's automated. We push a button and it's done :-)



Someone is going to have to teach me how to do that haha!

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post #9 of 22
2/1/12 at 11:58am


 

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It's soooo much easier once it's automated. We push a button and it's done :-)



Thinking I want to do a small change daily, or continuous water change!!!!  Looking either at the LiteMeter III or the dual head Reef Filler.

 

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post #10 of 22
2/1/12 at 12:13pm
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I wish it could be automated. That's so easy

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post #11 of 22
2/1/12 at 7:45pm
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I wish it could be automated. That's so easy



 

Anythings possible....Just depends how dedicated and you are to making it happen......

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post #12 of 22
2/1/12 at 10:12pm
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Thinking I want to do a small change daily, or continuous water change!!!!  Looking either at the LiteMeter III or the dual head Reef Filler.

 



 

Ours is set to do 2G twice a day.

Im definitely happy with the results of small daily water changes vs one large weekly one.

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post #13 of 22
2/2/12 at 4:08am

I remember when I came into a bunch of free salt I was doing 5g water changes everyday as an experiment and man did my 45g look awesome the coral growth was beyond belief too.

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post #14 of 22
2/2/12 at 5:47am
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Ours is set to do 2G twice a day.

Im definitely happy with the results of small daily water changes vs one large weekly one.



Agree.....I think the smaller more frequent water changes minimize the stress.

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post #15 of 22
2/2/12 at 6:43am



 

 


 



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Someone is going to have to teach me how to do that haha!



 



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Originally Posted by BTLDreef View Post



It's soooo much easier once it's automated. We push a button and it's done :-)



 I agree...how do you automate your water change?

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post #16 of 22
2/2/12 at 9:16am
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 I agree...how do you automate your water change?



 

My husband made one and we use our controller to run it. There is a thread on here somewhere on how he did it. It needs to be updated now that we are using a different controller (Apex). 

 

They do sell units to do it, but they're very expensive.

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post #17 of 22
2/2/12 at 9:19am
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Originally Posted by BTLDreef View Post



 

My husband made one and we use our controller to run it. There is a thread on here somewhere on how he did it. It needs to be updated now that we are using a different controller (Apex). 

 

They do sell units to do it, but they're very expensive.



I have missed all of this....had no clue you could do something like that.....if you find the thread...send it to me   :)

 

How much SW do you make up at a time?

 

 

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post #18 of 22
2/2/12 at 9:24am

I'm on the look for it now. My husband would love to build something like that, and I would love for him to build it :D I will post the link if I find the thread.

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post #19 of 22
2/2/12 at 9:37am

http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/389011/diy-auto-water-change-system-and-auto-top-off

 

and it links further out to this:

 

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=5f6c37a121c3db429763b605ca5e3be2&t=1677003&highlight=auto+water+change

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post #20 of 22
2/2/12 at 5:50pm
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I have missed all of this....had no clue you could do something like that.....if you find the thread...send it to me   :)

 

How much SW do you make up at a time?

 

 


Wow!!!!!  How did you miss that one!!!!!!!

 

 

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