A cool side affect of skimming wet is that I believe I don't need to do a water change nearly as often. Well in the formal sense. Right now I am skimming between 5 and 7 gal. a week and replacing that with fresh saltwater. Basically my skimmer is forcing me to do regular water changes on a daily basis. I have been running my BB for about a month now and everything looks great. I am really happy. I haven't cleaned my glass since I added livestock (3 weeks).
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causeofhim
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I asked this on the rock cooking thread without much help. So, wanted to post here. Thanks
I have been cooking my rocks for a few weeks now. When I do the swishing of the rocks between Brute swaps, could I just use fresh RO water? I have been using saltwater but seems like a waste of salt. I go through a lot of water in this process and seems like saltwater would not be needed.
Many people do a freshwater dip with some delicate corals w/o a problem. I wouldn't think a freshwater swishing would be a problem with liverock I am cooking.
I have been cooking my rocks for a few weeks now. When I do the swishing of the rocks between Brute swaps, could I just use fresh RO water? I have been using saltwater but seems like a waste of salt. I go through a lot of water in this process and seems like saltwater would not be needed.
Many people do a freshwater dip with some delicate corals w/o a problem. I wouldn't think a freshwater swishing would be a problem with liverock I am cooking.
I do my rock swishing in my water change water. I syphon water from my display into 5 gal buckets, then I use that water to swish. I don't know how much water you use or how much you change from your display, but this is a good way to keep up with your water changes and recycle the old water.
I have gone through this before on another thread regarding what exactly wet skimming is and how to do it. I even called Red Sea b/c I have a berlin skimmer and they couldnt advise. I anyone has pics and directions on how to skim wet, PLEASE post it. I am BB now and I continue to skim normally. I want to try the wet skim.
REEF-DADDY
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topmav1 said:
Although some skimmers are better at it than others, all you really need to do is raise the water within the skimmer. This will give you more total volume, and you'll know your skimming wet.
causeofhim
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Put a gate valve or a riser tube on your output of your skimmer.
Sorry if I sound dumb, but how do you restrict the water coming out of the skimmer? Do you mean the exit holes that the clean water comes out of after it goes through the skimmer?
This is what I use now...except my air tube is gone...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a177/topmav1/Skimmer.jpg
This is what I use now...except my air tube is gone...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a177/topmav1/Skimmer.jpg
causeofhim said:
This is something that I have been curious about as well. I'm going to be cooking rock for a new tank so I won't have recycled water available for swishing. Is there any harm in dunking and swishing the rock in fresh RO water instead of fresh saltwater?
Thanks.
REEF-DADDY
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mattrix said:
I tried it on one rock. Worms, pods, and brine shrimp all jumped ship. Other than that I can't see why it would be bad.
REEF-DADDY
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nicholasvilppu said:
yeah they jumped too!
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