Water changes

[CoryDude]

What Mike said (texreefer). As long as there's nothing left on the bottom of the bucket AND the water is clear, I'll use it. Sometimes only 15 minutes with a BIG mixing pump.

Glad to see I'm not the only one guilty of doing this.

[sampsonndelila]

Oh it works...

[sampsonndelila]

"so I shouldn't put water from the hose in the tank and then dump cups of salt in there and let the power heads mix it???? "

This is what works lol.

[JKLUSAF]

thing is you don't do any water changes to your 300gal.....you just top off with the water hose.....

"so I shouldn't put water from the hose in the tank and then dump cups of salt in there and let the power heads mix it???? "

This is what works lol.

[hobogato]

same as mike and bill for me. if you mix it too long or aerate it too much, you can get precipitation which causes the alk and calc levels to drop.

[coraline79]

I only do 5 gallon buckets and I don't wait any longer than an hour like some of the other guys. If I wait 24 hours my pump has the temp of my bucket at about 88 degrees. I have mixed it with a plastic spoon until it was clear before and dumped it in via the sump.

[mario]

thanks for all the info. like I said the best reading is here on maast. I do not need to subcribe to aquarium fish or tropical fish any more . Thanks to every one in maast .