About the amount of water treatment to put in. I only put in the amount that I took out. Is that not correct?
How long after a water change before turning filters back on?
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I turn my filters back on immediately after a water change. On the 220 if I change less than 75 gallons, I can keep the FX5's running the whole time.
I turn the return on my sump off and I treat for the volume of the tank. The powerheads stay on while I do the change. I don't really wait any specific time, but usually when I get done it takes a few minutes to turn the water off and get the sump pump running again. On my tanks that don't have a sump I don't turn the filters off. I'd like to know if it does effect the BB to run the water straight from tap into tank after adding enough Prime to treat the whole tank though. Good question!
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I imagine you only need to wait on turning on your filters depending on the kind of substrate you have..or with HOB's.. I have to wait till the sand settles, which in one tank is pretty quickly.. but in the other it takes a little longer...
I turn them on as soon as I'm done. Your chlorine levels in you tap water would have to be extremely high for it too damage you BB after even a large W/C with declor added.
I change 75% of water in my 210 each week. I add tap water directly to my sump which fills my tank. I treat the tank directly with API. So basically I only turn the pump off while I drain the tank. I've been doing this for over 3 years in this tank with no issues.
Turn it on after you fill it up. No need to wait unless you have sand in suspension throughout the water than maybe wait 10 minutes, but I don't bother.
For the dechlorinator, do what the directions say. Some say to dose for full volume of tank. Which would mean if you have a 100 gallon tank and you did a 50% or a 6% WC you would dose for 100 gallons. For Prime this would be 2 full cap fulls. If it says to dose for the actual WC volume then you would dose for 50 gallons if we used the example above.
For the dechlorinator, do what the directions say. Some say to dose for full volume of tank. Which would mean if you have a 100 gallon tank and you did a 50% or a 6% WC you would dose for 100 gallons. For Prime this would be 2 full cap fulls. If it says to dose for the actual WC volume then you would dose for 50 gallons if we used the example above.
I add Prime straight into tank while filing it up.
Add Prime into a 5G bucket and then proceed to dump the water into the canister after cleaned.
No need to wait...unless, tap water is high in Chlor.
Add Prime into a 5G bucket and then proceed to dump the water into the canister after cleaned.
No need to wait...unless, tap water is high in Chlor.
