70 gallon water change on my 210, MAN my back hurts!
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frankl15207
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Try smaller and more frequent water changes for starters. That is 1/3 of your water in a tank with nothing but water. That kind of volume change isn't good for the life in the tank.
The python is a good suggestion for removal of the water. If you can mix the water anywhere in the vicinity of your tank, you can attach plastic tubing to a powerhead to feed it back into the tank.
The python is a good suggestion for removal of the water. If you can mix the water anywhere in the vicinity of your tank, you can attach plastic tubing to a powerhead to feed it back into the tank.
maury
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Well, a little more info is in order. I am currently fighting a dinoflagellate infestation in the 210. I cannot find a reason for this. I have 0 silicates and phosphates, I am not overfeeding the tank (only feed a small pinch of flakes twice a week for the Coral Beauty, the only two other fish are a cleaner wrasse, and a green mandarin) amm/n/n are all at zero, all water is RO/DI, have shortened the light cycle, and even running ozone to burn up unmeasured organics that the dinos might be living off of. Was giving a large volume water change a shot. And yes, I pumped the water out the front door with a Rio 1100 with tubing on the effluent end. The problem was bringing that much RO/DI mixed saltwater BACK into the living room from the garage. Had to do it in 20 gallon increments on a wagon, then pumped into my 75-gallon sump. Forgot to mention that as well, so it is actually about a 25% water change. Any tips on the dinos would be much appreciated as well.
frankl15207
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Maury
If you get a chance, look at the thread on "Our reputation is at stake" and see if that picture matches the problem that you are having. That may save you some grief until a solution is found.
Based on your current reading levels, it doesn't seem like it is coming from nutrients, so it may be the same stuff that this guy is battling. If that is the case. at least we'll save your back until a solution is found.
If you get a chance, look at the thread on "Our reputation is at stake" and see if that picture matches the problem that you are having. That may save you some grief until a solution is found.
Based on your current reading levels, it doesn't seem like it is coming from nutrients, so it may be the same stuff that this guy is battling. If that is the case. at least we'll save your back until a solution is found.
maury
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Nah, I had checked that out, and didn't comment because I didn’t know what it was. I definitely have dinoflagellates. They form a mat in places on the sand, and collect air under them, some to the point where they tent up away from the sand surface. Have also noticed them in spots of the lr, which I vacuum out, but have been just manually removing the stuff from the sand bed. I'm currently letting the lights stay off today, and will resume lighting with a decreased cycle tomorrow. I think I'll post a new thread making SURE this is dino's, but I'm pretty sure it is. Thanks.
chadillac
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Maury Hey, here is a quick solution you might want to try: we have 7 salt tanks to do water changes in on regular basis. What we did was got 2 44 gallon rubbermaid trash cans(the gray round ones industrial I guess) make sure you get the little dolley wheels (trust me for 26 bucks well worth it) we fill them with water and mix all the salt right in there and then use a little giant pump to pump all the water where ever we need it. we usually leave the barrel in one location but with the wheels you can pretty much go anywhere. Forget using the sink for the pyton, just start a syphon and run the water down a drain no need to use more water than you have to., water aint free anymore...lol well just.02 cents for you. hope all goes well