Turkey Basters and Live Rock

[bradl.]

I am interested in knowing everyones opinions on this subject.Is it good to blow out your rock with a turkey baster?

 

[Anonymous]

Sure it's good. Blasting your rocks helps keep detritus from settling. It keeps the detritus in the water column so that your skimmer has a shot at removing it.

Louey

 

[Unarce]

It's great and should be practiced by those with SPS tanks. It simulates storms that reefs are subjected to in the wild. Sometimes referred to as the 'hurricane effect'. It's a good way of keeping detritus from accumulating within and around corals, not to mention the live rock too. Many use powerheads the same way instead of turkey basters.

 

[Anonymous]

If you use one you really shouldn't use the same one you baste your Thanksgiving turkey with, though. :wink:
It's best to buy one just for your tank.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, a great idea.

Also, you can take a powerhead use that to blast detritus out of your rockwork.

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

Correct me if this is a bad meathod, but I use a long plastic cooking spoon to stir stuff up. I also use it to stir up the sand a bit. It really gets things in motion

 

[Fastmarc]

Correct me if this is a bad meathod, but I use a long plastic cooking spoon to stir stuff up. I also use it to stir up the sand a bit. It really gets things in motion

Careful. You might have a newbie doing this.

 

[bradl.]

Thanks I heard this was good but didnt really know for sure.How often should I be doing it?Typically I stir things up pretty good before a water change. 8)

 

[Anonymous]

I do it every day, along with cleaning the skimmer.

 

[Anonymous]

I do it every day, along with cleaning the skimmer.

Yup, same here... usually do it at night, so I don't damage any polyps.
~wings~

 

[Anonymous]

Just a little side comment for bradl...great avatar of Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog. I remember when that limited edition came out...sold quite a few of them that day. Great memories. Chuck Jones was a master, for certain.

Now back to your regularly-scheduled reef talk.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Anonymous]

Correct me if this is a bad meathod, but I use a long plastic cooking spoon to stir stuff up. I also use it to stir up the sand a bit. It really gets things in motion

I only do this when I want to frag the coral...