nate_m
Member
I'm coming clean and admitting here in front of everyone that I've neglected my fishtank for the past couple months. No fatilities as the natural filtration has done its job getting rid of ammonia and nitrite. However the nitrates are out of control, so let the water changes begin. In my effort to change my 50 gallon tank over to a 'mini' reef I want to streamline water changes.
With that said, is it a bad idea to mix up 50 gallons of salt mix and leave it in the garage (temp = 80 - 90) with a maxi jet 900? This way instead of making new water every week I could make it once a month and do the 5% - 10% changes in about 10 minutes instead of the couple hours it takes to get everything done. Basically this means the water I make at the beginning of the month would be circulating for about 4 weeks until its used up.
Ultimately I would like to just pump it straight from the resevoir into the tank as I'm taking the old water out. Does anyone have such a setup, or am I just trying to make this way easier than it should be?
Thanks for the feedback!
- Nate
With that said, is it a bad idea to mix up 50 gallons of salt mix and leave it in the garage (temp = 80 - 90) with a maxi jet 900? This way instead of making new water every week I could make it once a month and do the 5% - 10% changes in about 10 minutes instead of the couple hours it takes to get everything done. Basically this means the water I make at the beginning of the month would be circulating for about 4 weeks until its used up.
Ultimately I would like to just pump it straight from the resevoir into the tank as I'm taking the old water out. Does anyone have such a setup, or am I just trying to make this way easier than it should be?
Thanks for the feedback!
- Nate