brianguz760
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What's up guys so basically what I'm asking is what kind of advise can I get as far as doing water changes . What kind of steps do you guys take when your doing water changes
These are the steps that I take and I'm fully open minded in changing some of them if you guys have a better way if doing things. Please let me know if there is anything you think I'm doing wrong I will try and post as much as I can.
1. I top off with r/o water then taking out the hood and then the heater and power head.
2. I turn off the canister filter(have no room for sump )
3 I start scraping the glass top to bottom to get any dried salt, waste etc.
4. Once this is done I open up the canister filter and have separate bowls filled with tank water once I've syphon 5 gallons out which is how much I do for my water changes.
5. I separate bio filter bio ball bio rings carbon bags etc. Clean as needed replace what is needed etc.
6 . With warm water I scrub the power head and heater. As well as cleaning out the tubes for the canister filter.
7. I put it all back together and I add the 5 gallons of saltwater and put everything back and then I turn the canister filter back on I dually get all this done within an hour.
So basically that's it I want to know how long I should wait till I start checking my parameters and stuff what else should I be doing and what should I be doing first thanks in advance
These are the steps that I take and I'm fully open minded in changing some of them if you guys have a better way if doing things. Please let me know if there is anything you think I'm doing wrong I will try and post as much as I can.
1. I top off with r/o water then taking out the hood and then the heater and power head.
2. I turn off the canister filter(have no room for sump )
3 I start scraping the glass top to bottom to get any dried salt, waste etc.
4. Once this is done I open up the canister filter and have separate bowls filled with tank water once I've syphon 5 gallons out which is how much I do for my water changes.
5. I separate bio filter bio ball bio rings carbon bags etc. Clean as needed replace what is needed etc.
6 . With warm water I scrub the power head and heater. As well as cleaning out the tubes for the canister filter.
7. I put it all back together and I add the 5 gallons of saltwater and put everything back and then I turn the canister filter back on I dually get all this done within an hour.
So basically that's it I want to know how long I should wait till I start checking my parameters and stuff what else should I be doing and what should I be doing first thanks in advance
