water changes

[jcolgan]

I have a 125 gal. tank that will be salt aggressive only tank. Anybody have any good suggestions for changing the water in large quantities.

In my fresh water tank I could just use the hose thing that attaches to the sink to clean AND refill, but to refill with salt water sounds a lot more difficult.

Thanks.

[ScottC]

I have the LFS deliver fresh salt water once a month, in 50 gallon shots. (I have a 150) Costs me about @ $24.00


Scott

[the_blue_tuna]

Buy some 5 gallon buckets and designate them "saltwater only" Then mix batches of water a few days before you are going to do a water change. This will give you time to mix , adjust salinity and temp . Then you have your water ready to go when you need it.I prefer to do smaller changes , say 10-15 % every other or third week .

[tendar]

I use a 33 gal ruber maid gatbage can to mix my salt water for watetr cahnges over 15 gallons. On my 125 im getting ready to set up I will be doing 20 gall water changes every 2-3 weeks. I just fill the can up near the tank that is getting the water change the day before and get it ready then do the water change the next day.

[mastaJ]

To add on to tendar's comment you could also put a pump in the storage container use it to mix the SW then drain your tank to the desired level then pump it back up WITH the hose (python system i presume) using some kind of addapter to hook it up...HTH

[jcolgan]

That's a great idea to use a pump to help dfill the tank back up!

Thanks

[FISHme]

You can get carried away and build a water change out system like me , you can get an idea here :

http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelsk...LTWATERAQUARIA

Effortless as heck

[organicreefer]

when you buy youre contaner to mix fresh salt in i reccomend you get the 45? gallon brute(grey),not the 33 gallon roughneck(assuming youre going to use a rubbermaid trash can like most of us )the brute is "food -safe" the roughneck is not .rubbermaid says the roughneck will leach chemicals into youre water,especially "hungry" water like ro/di.
to add to mastaj's reccomendation,you will also want a small submersible heater to go with the pump,so you can get youre water up to temp.;) .always mix youre NSW at least 24 hours in advance to let the ph stabilize.hth