Salt level
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No it won't. I had a 180 and every time I did a water change I took out 5 gallons from the tank, threw 5 gallons of rodi in the sump, and then poured 2.5 cups of salt in the sump with out any problems. 5 gallons in a 180 is nothing. How is taking out 5 gallons of salt water and throwing in 5 gallons of rodi to lower salinity going to make things worse?
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You think that's bad? Here's more... I mix kalk in a jug and pour it directly into the DT, and I only did water changes once a year IF I felt like it.
15 years in the hobby, lots of research, trying new approaches, and trying unorthodox methods gave me these results
There's my reason for giving advise on this forum. Let's see a pic of yours.
I'm not here to swing "D" I'm here to help out because my experience as a beginner was not very good.
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15 years in the hobby, lots of research, trying new approaches, and trying unorthodox methods gave me these results
There's my reason for giving advise on this forum. Let's see a pic of yours.
I'm not here to swing "D" I'm here to help out because my experience as a beginner was not very good.
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You think that's bad? Here's more... I mix kalk in a jug and pour it directly into the DT, and I only did water changes once a year IF I felt like it.
15 years in the hobby, lots of research, trying new approaches, and trying unorthodox methods gave me these results
There's my reason for giving advise on this forum. Let's see a pic of yours.
I'm not here to swing "D" I'm here to help out because my experience as a beginner was not very good.
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15 years in the hobby, lots of research, trying new approaches, and trying unorthodox methods gave me these results
There's my reason for giving advise on this forum. Let's see a pic of yours.
I'm not here to swing "D" I'm here to help out because my experience as a beginner was not very good.
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[MENTION=3047]Adrock[/MENTION], I see the concern, I really do. I was scared to do it at first when I started it but 5 gallons in a 180 + the volume of your sump is only about 2.5%. All advise on the forums should be taken with a grain of salt (heh? Heh?) lol and should proceed with caution.
When I did it this way in my 180 I didn't see any animals showing any signs of stress and I had a pair of cleaner shrimp in there. But that's just my experience. Never had any losses when I did it either.
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When I did it this way in my 180 I didn't see any animals showing any signs of stress and I had a pair of cleaner shrimp in there. But that's just my experience. Never had any losses when I did it either.
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I think it would be nice if the OP would come back to the thread and give a better idea of why he wants to do this. Maybe his tank is empty and he wants to lower the salinity, then he could just do it in one shot no problem.
I think there was confusion above about the 5 gallon water change... I don't think the suggestion was to do the 5 gallon water change as his normal weekly/biweekly water change amount but to change out 5 gallons of old salt water with fresh rodi to slowly lower his salt level so that it doesn't hurt any inverts he may have.
I think there was confusion above about the 5 gallon water change... I don't think the suggestion was to do the 5 gallon water change as his normal weekly/biweekly water change amount but to change out 5 gallons of old salt water with fresh rodi to slowly lower his salt level so that it doesn't hurt any inverts he may have.
