what do you think of this?

[chutneyjh]

Read the article below at another site. What do you all think about it?
"If your tank is suffering from high nitrate levels, the success of your reef will depend on your being able to get this under control. Changing 100% of the water would be the ideal, but it may shock your corals, fish and invertebrates in the process. A more gradual way is recommended.
55 gal Reef Example: Make up 20 gals of fresh saltwater in a trashcan in front of your tank. Drain 10 gals of tank water into the 20 gals of new water, and let that mix. Pump 10 gals of that water back into your tank, and let the power heads mix that water up in your tank for a minute or so. Then repeat this three more times. Dispose of the now polluted 20 gals of water. Make up another 20 gals of fresh saltwater, and repeat this procedure. As long as your temperature and salinity match the tank, your inhabitants won’t be affected adversely, and with each rotation of water, the nitrates are being diluted and removed from your tank. "

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by chutneyjh
Read the article below at another site. What do you all think about it?
"If your tank is suffering from high nitrate levels, the success of your reef will depend on your being able to get this under control. Changing 100% of the water would be the ideal, but it may shock your corals, fish and invertebrates in the process. A more gradual way is recommended.
55 gal Reef Example: Make up 20 gals of fresh saltwater in a trashcan in front of your tank. Drain 10 gals of tank water into the 20 gals of new water, and let that mix. Pump 10 gals of that water back into your tank, and let the power heads mix that water up in your tank for a minute or so. Then repeat this three more times. Dispose of the now polluted 20 gals of water. Make up another 20 gals of fresh saltwater, and repeat this procedure. As long as your temperature and salinity match the tank, your inhabitants won’t be affected adversely, and with each rotation of water, the nitrates are being diluted and removed from your tank. "

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[lion_crazz]

I think that methods sounds pretty bogus. All you need to remove nitrates is a good skimmer, regular weekly water changes, and an efficient refugium.

 

[pat713]

They should also state don't throw fish in a tank within the first few days it's setup... an established tank shouldn't have as many trates...

 

[my way]

You actually be wasting money doing it that way. You are diluting the new water with nitrate laden(Sp?) water before it even gets into your tank.

 

[jacksonpt]

I think that's overkill. Ideally, yes - that's what we'd all do when we did water changes. But realistically, who's going to go to that much trouble for every water change.
It's basically the same process that many on-line retailers suggest for acclimating new livestock.

 

[reefkprz]

what a waste of new salt. you'd be better off draining out ten gallons of old water and dripping in new water so the chemichal change is slowww. and you dont waste any new precious salt. I think they must own stock in a salt company or something.

 

[aztec reef]

nitrates dont get out of control overnight and for no reason. once you get to know your reef and achived stability and realize what bioload it can take.then its pretty simple to figure what caused that. at least thats in my case. i like to observed my tank immates dayli, they are the ones that let me know when someting is wrong. thats when i usuallly do major testing other than that i just let the reef do its natural wonders.
You can do all water changes youl'll like, but if you dont find the source, than most of your reefkeeping will be spent in water changing.
Example:let say you got mice in your house or ants or wathever pests,or mold, doesnt matter all the 100 traps you buy or if you clean mold daily if you dont find the source or if you dont figure out where the mice got there and whats attracting them, youl'll never get rid of them !! you might think that theyre gone or that you clean the best you could. But they will eventually comeback..so can either fight a longterm loosing battle. or you can find the source and learn to not make the same mistakes. My reef is triving and growing all i have to do small waterchanges weekly. live rock, live sand ,and a quality skimmer deal with the rest. so that i can observe my tank. i only check calcium p,h and alk once a month sometimes every two months depending on waterclearness and inhabitants actitude.