Another water change question please......

[cjml]

Thankyou for all your help! Confusion about water changes--what is the best water to use? Seems to be conflicting info. Trying hard to get tank right. Please advise! Have already learned so much here. Also what are the best critters for a clean up crew?
Thankyou much!
ML

 

[birdy]

Best water to use for a water change is RO/DI mixed with salt that has aged overnight with airation and is the same temp as the water in the display.
As for a cleanup crew I like, turbo snails and trochus snails, nassasarus snails, scarlet reef hermits, emerald crabs, scarlet cleaner shrimp.

 

[ajroc31]

Best water to use for a water change is RO/DI mixed with salt that has aged overnight with airation and is the same temp as the water in the display. ... Amen

 

[thomas712]

Originally posted by Birdy
Best water to use for a water change is RO/DI mixed with salt that has aged overnight with airation and is the same temp as the water in the display.
While I agree with this statment I would also add that not only should yoiu match the temp of the main tank but also the same salinity as well. I know, goes without saying for most of us but I thought I would add that for a newbie.
While many get away with tap water or some other type of filtered water, I believe also that the RO/DI water is the best to use. Many times the words Spring, Mountain stream, or other titles are just fancy words added to bottled tap water.
There is a thread about water by the one and only Broomer5 about water that explains much. Not sure where that thread is right now.
Thomas

 

[nm reef]

I have found that airation causes calcium to precipitate out of my water. For a while I had a small pump airating my water change container and I always had large amounts of chalky precipitate on the bottom. I stopped using the air pump and went with a PH and heater. Since switching I have very little residue on the bottom.
But I agree that a quality water source combined with temp/specific gravity and ph matching the display is the way to go.

nmreef@cox.net

 

[mommafish]

Originally posted by Thomas712
While I agree with this statment I would also add that not only should yoiu match the temp of the main tank but also the same salinity as well. I know, goes without saying for most of us but I thought I would add that for a newbie.
Thomas
OK, now I'm confused - I have read in quite a few threads that although the water evaporates, the salt stays - so if you add water of equal salinity instead of plain water it will increase your salinity?

 

[mommafish]

Yep, got it - thanks!

 

[nacl-man]

Originally posted by Thomas712
There is a thread about water by the one and only Broomer5 about water that explains much. Not sure where that thread is right now.

I saved that as it was a good write-up and I knew it would come up again:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mcline3/Freshwater.html
put it on my website Along with a few other things Broomer5 has written... he has been a huge help (as has every single person on this board).
Cheers!