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hey all ,
I am trying to decide what is a better option for my water changes and need your opinion currently I do what me and my girlfriend call the “bucket dance” every other Friday after work we grab the buckets drive 5 miles to our LFS for 5 gallons of SALTWATER and 1-2 gallons of RODI for $0.50 a gallon I can’t beat it since we live in a small 2nd floor apartment with no access to plumbing for my own RODI system so every other week I change 4-5 gallons of my water all at once
We are moving in June and I am currently designing a new stand to match our furniture in the new house and to get rid of that crap flimsy biocube stand my new stand will house my equipment,monitors, test kits,plumbing,electrical and controllers more neatly as well as a new RODI tank for a new ATO I’ve been really interested in the Auto aqua smart AWC I seen at a frag swap since it has a built in auto top off system with the automated water change all on one programmable controller I’m debating weather or not to throw the water change pump in a bucket every time I wana do a water change and hit a button or make a 5gal saltwater reservoir to go along with my RODI reservoir so the Auto water change system can change small amounts of salt water every day over the 2 weeks still planning on topping off my reservoirs every other week to keep with my schedule
is there any benefits or downfalls to doing it this way or should I stick to one shot water changes?
And will saltwater keep in a reservoir for 2weeks or should I keep a power head and heater in there?
I am trying to decide what is a better option for my water changes and need your opinion currently I do what me and my girlfriend call the “bucket dance” every other Friday after work we grab the buckets drive 5 miles to our LFS for 5 gallons of SALTWATER and 1-2 gallons of RODI for $0.50 a gallon I can’t beat it since we live in a small 2nd floor apartment with no access to plumbing for my own RODI system so every other week I change 4-5 gallons of my water all at once
We are moving in June and I am currently designing a new stand to match our furniture in the new house and to get rid of that crap flimsy biocube stand my new stand will house my equipment,monitors, test kits,plumbing,electrical and controllers more neatly as well as a new RODI tank for a new ATO I’ve been really interested in the Auto aqua smart AWC I seen at a frag swap since it has a built in auto top off system with the automated water change all on one programmable controller I’m debating weather or not to throw the water change pump in a bucket every time I wana do a water change and hit a button or make a 5gal saltwater reservoir to go along with my RODI reservoir so the Auto water change system can change small amounts of salt water every day over the 2 weeks still planning on topping off my reservoirs every other week to keep with my schedule
is there any benefits or downfalls to doing it this way or should I stick to one shot water changes?
And will saltwater keep in a reservoir for 2weeks or should I keep a power head and heater in there?