changing 20% of water....

[hamannbmw]

hi,

i had a 60-80L (cant remember liao) water container for changing water, i had place a marking on my main tank so whenever i need to change water i jus need to suck it out with a hose till that marking... n pump in the new water from the tub ...

wat if i place corals high up near water surface and the sump does not have tat much of water.....

how u guy do it ?

[FuEl]

Off your lights before you get the corals exposed. Most corals can last out of water for some time provided they are kept cool and moist. Don't leave your lights on to cook your coral.

[hamannbmw]

Off your lights before you get the corals exposed. Most corals can last out of water for some time provided they are kept cool and moist. Don't leave your lights on to cook your coral.

meaning i need to (take out /or place it lower) during water changing wont that stress the coral ?

[hammy]

that happen to mi too ... but after i have my sump install, i simply siphon out the water in the sump in the third compartment , then just top off with my mixed salt water ...i am sure most coral can survive without water for a short period of time ... but not too long

[Tanzy]

Even with SPS, when I change water, I'll just siphon out the water and not bother touching the corals. They can't be removed from the rocks anyway. I'll then pump water back using an Eheim 1262 and the whole process takes about 10 minutes max if you've got everything you need ready.

[minsmarine]

Conculation !

1. Leaving corals (SPS, LPS....so on) for about 10mins above water level alright.( so can take out water from main tank , rather than sump where has less water )

2. Off MH so it won't cook coral.

Pls correct me if my conculation is wrong. Or add on.

[AlfaRomeo]

Mins, I do water changes before the MHs come on and just siphon from the main tank and topit off from the water container. Only think I switch off is the return pump and Tunzes

[minsmarine]

Hee Yaa forgot about sump and pump yep yep tks AR

so

3. Switch off return pump and any pump in the main tank. Including closed loop.

Anymore ?