how do you do your water changes?

[SuRFeR BoY]

im curious to know how others do there water changes. do you stick the syphon in your sand bed, power head rocks and just syphon out some water.. or just take out some water?

 

[Deanos]

I turn off my return pump and allow my 20g sump to fill up. I drain the sump as much as possible and replace it there with new saltwater ~15-18G

 

[lunner]

I do the same thing as Deanos.

 

[SuRFeR BoY]

is that the proper way to do it?

 

[Deanos]

is that the proper way to do it?

There is no one way to do water changes. Find something that makes them comfortable for you.

 

[Henrye]

I have no sump (aquapod 24), so I siphon off the SW. I mark the original volume by placing the top of a magfloat at the water line when my pumps are off, and use the power head I mixed the fresh SW with, attached to a hose, to pump the replacement water back in. I use a turkey baster if I blow off the rocks. I don't vacuum the sand, but I try to use tongs to pick up the big garbage that might be there.

Henry