Water change weekend?!?!?!

[Rollman]

Just installed my Dos for AWC. Was just thinking my first weekend no W/Cs.

 

[RipVanWinkle]

I won’t be changing water in my reef tank (that was earlier this week) but I have lots of freshwater changes to do before I leave town. Biggest tank is 150g with a 30g sump do about 50 gallons at a time in there. I have a BRS rodi system that I use for all my tanks freshwater too, a giant brute can, a small pump and a loooong hose.

 

[Thaxxx]

I have an AWC, so I do daily changes of about 1 gallon. Thankfully, all I have to do is push a button.

Sounds like too much work, automate that button push xD

Alexa... Push the button

 

[rmay6850]

I do 2.6 gallons three days a week and 15 gallons manually (or kinda) every other week. I do this to minimize having to add supplements

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

I won’t be changing water in my reef tank (that was earlier this week) but I have lots of freshwater changes to do before I leave town. Biggest tank is 150g with a 30g sump do about 50 gallons at a time in there. I have a BRS rodi system that I use for all my tanks freshwater too, a giant brute can, a small pump and a loooong hose.

I'd love to automate my water changes on my freshwater tank with RODI. Do you store your rodi water mixed with

Just installed my Dos for AWC. Was just thinking my first weekend no W/Cs.

Very cool setup and system! That's going to look awesome once it's all grown in.

 

[lefkonj]

I have an AWC setup that does about 5 gallons over the course of 24 hours. Fully automated

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

Is it really automatic if you have to push a button to start it? I'd say you have a semi-automatic water change system.

 

[RipVanWinkle]

I'd love to automate my water changes on my freshwater tank with RODI. Do you store your rodi water mixed with

Not sure exactly what you’re asking but I store my freshwater in the brute can and I pour in like 10 gallons of my tap water with some prime (hot water) and then my waters good and temp ready for big WC across several tanks. I’m going to get a second brute so I don’t have to keep swapping one from fresh to salt. Gonna need it since I’m planning on a few more salt tanks now that I’ve got my feet wet.

 

[malacoda]

10 gallons every other weekend ... with this being one of 'the' weekends.

Amounts to about 18% WC.

 

[Staghorn]

Filling my brute container with r/o as we speak. Doing A chemiclean treatment tomorrow because I have a little red slime I want to knock out. Followed by a 30 gallon WC.

 

[SeahawkMom]

Weekly 10 gal WC on my 34 gallon tank. Small enough that I use 2 - 6 gallon buckets to mix saltwater, and one dirty bucket to twice siphon and vacuum the sand. Roll the dirty buckets to the bathroom and dump down the toilet. Use water pump to neatly pump the clean water from the bucket into the tank. Takes 15 minutes.

 

[Rmorrison23]

Automatic daily 2 gallons baby! No buckets, siphoning, don't even have to think about it! Love it!

 

[Theducatiman]

Auto water change. 2.5 gallons a day on my WB 220.

 

[Rmorrison23]

Auto water change. 2.5 gallons a day on my WB 220.

Yep, I have same tank and do 2gal per day with dos pump!

 

[jassermd]

20% WC on a 280g tank...
No buckets... Finally!
Set up my mixing station a month or so back and pump salt and RO/DI to my tank. For my reef tank, I drain into the downspout right outside the door by my tank that runs to the 1 acre pond in my back yard. With my turtle tank, I just connect the drain hose to the outside drain. Easy Peasy!

I'm thinking at some point, with all the salt water myself and my neighbor put into the pond (he has a 150g reef) it will eventually become a salt water pond

Get both tanks done in less than 1.5 hrs, when it used to take me 2 hrs for just the turtle tank.

 

[tang_man_montreal]

AWC for me.
2 gallons daily, between midnight and 830am.
Using a Neptune DOS.

I currently expel old water down the laundry drain in the next room over. However, I will soon set it up to expel into a 30 gal isolation / frag tank.

110 gal display tank, 90 gal sump.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Work SMART not hard!!! and inexpensive... and FAST!!! neither automated or buckets.... Extended siphon hose with more lengths of hose from local home improvement store...

When I'm doing water change or water change with sand cleaning, I mark my water removal level on tank front with magnetized something, then GO... water drains right up the wide siphon, out the tank, out the door, across the back of house, into side yard, over by fence.... No backbreaking water lugging!!! Here are my siphons, regular length hose and L.O.N.G. length hose (but only seeing tiny bit of L.O.N.G. hose) When stored in bin they roll inside 58Q/55L storage bin (23"x16"x12") If getting hoses to extend yours, get thickwall tubing to reduce kinks and keep flow FLOWING

 

[Ferrell]

30 gal one year old LPS tank change 2.5 g weekly. I use a water dispenser from box store, drain 2.5, dump, rinse, fill container and set on top of tank open spigot

75 gal 3.5 year old softy heavy, LPS light tank I only change every 2-3 weeks (nutrients never above 5 NO3/.1 PO4), 6 gallons, run carbon 2-3 weeks/month. Have a 6 gal bucket on wheels with a Maxijet 1200. Pump 6 in with that as I pump 6 out with pump running carbon. 10 minute round trip. Both tanks in about 20-30 minutes Sunday nights

 

[mauisue]

I’m really impressed with the automation you all have done and those who change three times a week.
I live on a fourth floor beachfront condo and have the fish store change 40/50 gallons of my 93 gallon upper tank every month on my Tank set up in October 2020

not sure I have any options of doing it myself.

Any ideas

 

[Ta2oodfreak]

Just wrapped up a 20g water change and sanded vacuum. Cleaning the sump another day because I got side tracked.