Water change sunday anyone?

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convict360 said:
No idea lol, I'm trying to learn here haha
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Well protein skimming removes the dissolved organics as far as i know, Yuki Rihwa Yuki Rihwa can you inform us?
 
convict360 said:
Still though, don't you get a build up in the total dissolved solids in the water?
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*Fish waste will be pickup by filter and bacteria that holding nitrate by protein skimmer (strong protein skimmer is a must and strong/turbulent circulation is recommended for carbon dosing) so no waste sitting on bottom or just vacuum those waste out that collected at some area in tank.
*You will have to dose minerals daily or weekly that loss cause no water change (top off with fresh water that loss cause evaporation, or salt water if your salinity went down).
Notes:
There is a risk with carbon dosing that if you don't have enough circulation your live stock will die due to Oxygen got depleted by massive bacteria army. If you power out and you're not home for long time then probably you looking at a possible wipe out entire tank so setup some sort of battery back up to provide enough Oxygen for your live stock during power outage.
 
Aw3s0m3 said:
I do mine once a week as well but never a set day. Usually 1 day in the weekend. Question for you guys. When filling a tank with the hose, how are you heating them up during the winter? My water is freezing during the winter and drops the temp down considerably


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The hose I fill with is hooked up to the hot and cold of my washing machine via "y" connectors that I can turn on and off bit by bit to adjust temp and then after the "y "connectors i bring the hoses back together with a "t" so it one hose in the tank...... I need to make a hose head with a valve on it that will aim the water upward so I do not disturb my substrate...
 
Water changes this time of the year are the worst. All I the water I drain from my tanks goes outside. And it's hard to not get your hands wet so going outside in 50 degree weather with wet hands is always unpleasant.
 
I did mine on Saturday since i was away the whole of Sunday
 
My wife gets mad at me. When the hot water heater does not fill, the bath tube. With 110F water. Water change times can get a little tricky.
I have it all set up on ball valves. So it is quick.
 
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