Water Changes Made Easy

ReefBum · Sep 20, 2015

Over the years I have developed a system for doing easy water changes and recently I made this video that goes into the process in detail.

Check it out.....

Kungpaoshizi · Sep 21, 2015

Nice setup :) ty!
Where did ya get the 55 gallon drums btw?

kschweer · Sep 21, 2015

Very nice set up! Just bought a house with a basement. May be stealing some of your ideas. Thanks for sharing.

crbise65 · Sep 21, 2015

Very interesting thanks for sharing your secret!

CoralFreak_350 · Sep 21, 2015

That Idea is gold. I wish I had a big enough system to demand this size of a water change system but if I ever do Im going right back to this video. Thanks for sharing and the video was extremely high quality

Aquaph8 · Sep 21, 2015

I wish AZ had basements :( , I mix in the garage but I can't leave it in there too long or I'll have 90 degree water.

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

Kungpaoshizi said:
Nice setup :) ty!
Where did ya get the 55 gallon drums btw?

Thanks! I purchased the drums from usplastic.com. They are listed as a "55 Gallon Polyethylene Tank - 22" Diameter x 34-1/2" High". The lids (listed as a "Standard Cover for 45 Gallon Tapered Tank") are sold separately.

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

kschweer said:
Very nice set up! Just bought a house with a basement. May be stealing some of your ideas. Thanks for sharing.

Nice, a basement is ideal. A lot of room to spread things out.

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

crbise65 said:
Very interesting thanks for sharing your secret!

My pleasure!

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

CoralFreak_350 said:
That Idea is gold. I wish I had a big enough system to demand this size of a water change system but if I ever do Im going right back to this video. Thanks for sharing and the video was extremely high quality

Many thanks for the very kind words! I hope you can upgrade one day.....it does tend to happen given how addictive this hobby is ;)

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

Aquaph8 said:
I wish AZ had basements :( , I mix in the garage but I can't leave it in there too long or I'll have 90 degree water.

Hmmm, yeah....that would be a problem.

revhtree · Sep 22, 2015

Love your videos and "reefmanship!"

revhtree · Sep 22, 2015

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-related-blogs-and-youtube-channels.214815/

ReefBum · Sep 22, 2015

revhtree said:
Love your videos and "reefmanship!"

Thanks!

natas · Sep 22, 2015

Very cool. I personally use a liter meter and have it setup to change out 5 gallons a day. It's very accurate. I recalibrate it every three months to be safe. The only other thing I have to do is make new saltwater every two weeks in the holding tank.

mtswaneya · Sep 22, 2015

Wish I had the room and that sump.

P-bpat · Sep 22, 2015

Solid gold!

Homebrwr · Sep 22, 2015

Great video and you make it sound so easy...

Kengar · Sep 22, 2015

Your post is timely, as I have been "working" the space in my fish room in my mind over the last 24 hours planning things out for my next big build (240-300 g setup). I would prefer to do gravity feed from salt water mixing reservoir into sump and by gravity from sump into main house drain line (this is all going to be on the lower level of the house with access to that behind the scenes), but space/configuration in the fish room may not permit that with room to walk around and access things easily. In that case, plumbing up with pump transfers as you have done will be required (which will let me put different drums in different areas in the space that is available).

I see the answer to the first question I had, which is where you got the drums (usplastic.com)

Next question: where'd you get that sump? It looks great!

(By the way, are you using the fresh water reservoir to feed topoff and if so are you doing it automatically or just manually? I didn't see any apparatus for auto topoff.)