leenie
Member
Hi everyone!
I am going to do my first water change today and just had a few questions about the whole thing. I have a 50 gal, and plan to change out 7 gals every 2 weeks or so. I am going to buy some "Catalina water" from the LFS (water collected from the Island of Catalina in CA). I have 20lbs of live sand on top of 20 lbs of aragonite.
1. Do I need to heat the water? I am sure the water at the LFS is heated to the correct temp, but do I need to heat it again? I only live about 5 min from the LFS.
2. Do I need to vacuum the sand? I have a Gravel Vacuum cleaner I bought from WalMart. If I do vacuum, won't it suck up some of my beneficial live sand?
3. Should I take all 7 gals out, and then put 7 gals in? Or should I do a few gals at a time?
Anything else I need to know? All comments are appreciated!
:happyfish
I am going to do my first water change today and just had a few questions about the whole thing. I have a 50 gal, and plan to change out 7 gals every 2 weeks or so. I am going to buy some "Catalina water" from the LFS (water collected from the Island of Catalina in CA). I have 20lbs of live sand on top of 20 lbs of aragonite.
1. Do I need to heat the water? I am sure the water at the LFS is heated to the correct temp, but do I need to heat it again? I only live about 5 min from the LFS.
2. Do I need to vacuum the sand? I have a Gravel Vacuum cleaner I bought from WalMart. If I do vacuum, won't it suck up some of my beneficial live sand?
3. Should I take all 7 gals out, and then put 7 gals in? Or should I do a few gals at a time?
Anything else I need to know? All comments are appreciated!
:happyfish