Dry Hands Water Change

[Lightsluvr]

When we designed the new tank, I was determined there would be no more lugging 5 gallon "jugs" - so after copying the best of the best ideas we found on Reef Central...here are videos which show our dry-hands water change...

These are narrated rough-cut videos made with in-camera editing, so I apologize for the quality...or lack thereof. :fun2:

First, I close the overflow valve on the Rubbermaid sump, so it will fill near the top and send more tank water to the drain. It took a few tries to determine exactly how much water equalled the 65 gallons that is being replaced. Here is the first video:



After the Rubbermaid is drained down to a few inches above the DSB, new salt-water is immediately pumped from the mixing tank to the Rubbermaid sump, to mixed with water still flowing from the display tank.



Everything is gauged by the water level in the Acrylic sump. When that level returns to the point marked by the black horizontal tape, the system is back to the correct operating level. Final video:



Total elapsed time: 7 minutes.

Thanks for watching. Please leave a comment.

LL

 

[MarshaW]

I'm very impressed!! Wish my brain worked with the understanding of how this stuff works. Instead, my brain is geared towards human behavior. Arggggg!

 

[cuse1]

that is great!! come over and do mine,,lol

 

[2ras]

Very Nice!!!
If my tank was against/near the garage wall, I'd use your system.
Mine is in the middle of the house, so I would have to use flexible hose and use pumps that do not need to be primed with water to draw a vacuum. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Lightsluvr]

Very Nice!!!
If my tank was against/near the garage wall, I'd use your system.
Mine is in the middle of the house, so I would have to use flexible hose and use pumps that do not need to be primed with water to draw a vacuum. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Ray. It's great to see you on here.

LL