Water changes

[IshDeOne]

Need some advice fellow brothers,

How do you guy usually do ur water changes? Purchase from local LFS, use marine decholrinator

Or use an RO/DI unit..

Cuz I'm planning my setup slowly n i don wan to miss out on key stuff since water is the primary resource that has to be stable..

Also i would to noe if reefers using the lighting meant for corals, are experiencing high electricity bills cuz of light thy uae.

[tofubox]

Hi bro, all depends on yourself. You have 3 options, its all up to you.

1. Purchase premixed salt water from LFS

2. Purchase natural salt water from LFS

3. Mix your own salt water with an rodi / di unit

Lighting for corals is definitely going to be more expensive than just lights for a fish only tank. The wattage and period of usage is increased.

[IshDeOne]

Can i mix my own saltwater without a rodi unit? Lyk use those marine dechlorinator n then mix salt to the water aftr tat

[Arronpsw]

I'm sure you could do that just that there might be problem down the road likr nuisance algae

[Welly]

I did my water change without any equipment.

What I do is just put salt and anti chlorine and pump into my tank.

And all doing find.

I have been doing this for 3 months.

Even with quarantine tanks.

Algae will grow in 2 to 3 days but I just scrum them off.

I AM USING FOR FOWLR TANK SO I DON'T KNOW FOR CORALS.

[tofubox]

If for corals, i highly suggest u use either DI or RODI water. This will also depend alot on your housing area water supply. My house has a tds of 70. And i know others who have 100+, or as low as even 9tds.

As welly mentioned, for fish only tank, it isnt a problem, i lasted 1 full yr using water direct from the tap when i had my fowlr. But i wont do the same for a coral tank, i learnt my lesson the last time round.

[asg]

I use seachem prime with tapwater but i let the mixed saltwater run for few days before water change. Touch wood, so far so good for my mixed reef.

[shaohao85]

For reef tank I recommend DI filter for nano tanks and RODI for larger tanks .. sea salt mix is better compared to NSW .. for FOWLR use NSW from LFS is enough with top up of anti chlorine mixed tap water ... personally when I change water from my reef tank I will use it for my fowlr ... so far so good no issues at all ...

[sherman]

I using DI water and mix salt.

[Kiong77]

If purchase natural salt water from LFS, where are the shops that do have them and roughly how much?

[Arronpsw]

iwarna, ah beng, lck they're about 1.50 for 10l. if you buy more cfm can bargain

[IshDeOne]

C328 sells them at $6 for 5 L

[IshDeOne]

Anyways , thanks alot for ur advices guys. I'll b using dechlorinated water with the salt mix for now ( cycling process ) . Once i have my test kits in , i will update if theres any issues.

Cheers

[Arronpsw]

you would want to use nsw as it helps cycle the tank faster

[Ccccz]

Bro,

WC is painful to me. hahaha.

When I started, I lugged NSW from iwarna.

The spillage of salt water on my car boot made me cringed. tired lah when carrying the packets so I tend to be clumsy.

Luckily auntie very nice give me Styrofoam box to minimize damage........

then I progress to RO. lovely! comfort at your own house but must salt mix la.

I get hugh tubs to store. get long hoses with pumps to pump out and pump in the water in and out of tank.

get taps to control the input and output of water.

Of coz there are other excellent ideas out there to "automate" this process but currently, I'm happy with the ease this method has provided me.

[DUCADOS]

Don't lfs provide nsw delivery anymore? I remember last time iwarna charge $80 per wc. But u need to drain out the % of the water u wanna change before they arrived. So when they arrived, they straight away top up for u

[JimmyHyder]

Im doing nsw delivery up to 200L at one go.

50L-$12

Delivery plus top up to tank $25

[oceanics]

On 9/11/2014 at 0:19 PM, sherman said:

I using DI water and mix salt.

Bro how do u used DI water (No RO)? Can shared?

[sherman]

Just get 3 canisters water filter.

1st canister put 5 micron filter.

2nd canister put carbon

3rd canister put resin

You should be able to get DI water zero TDO

[snake]

Thanks Sherman! If just use resin without filter n carbon can get 0 or
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[reefbuilder]

28 minutes ago, snake said:

Thanks Sherman! If just use resin without filter n carbon can get 0 or
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Your resin will not last long without carbon fillter. Resin is expensive. With carbon your resin will give you more litres of TDS 0 water

[sherman]

Reef builder is right

[Raffael Hamzah]

Resin without carbon will not last long ?? Wait a minute everything have expire resin u can find at carousel at 44.90 of 5 litre resin i been using industrial unit just resin and give me tds 0

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[reefbuilder]

I am not refering to expiry date. What I meant was with carbon the same volume of resin will give you more litres of DI water than without. But if you feel that you are happy with the amount of DI you get for the $$ spent on resin alone then its ok.

[snake]

I tried using only resins but my TDS is above 100! Do I need to rinse it before uss to achieve 0 TDS?

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