water change lesson!

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  1. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Before syphoning out your water to do a 20% water change, make sure your powerhead didn't fry inside the new water container! CRAP! Man that smelled almost as bad as microbe lift! Now I wish I had bought the higher GPD RODI unit! Come on baby make water, I'm tired!
     
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  2. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    and 3 months for a maxjet that's only used to mix water changes??? are they that bad?
     
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  3. zackscott20

    zackscott20 Fire Shrimp

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    dang slow rodi systems! i guess now its time to go buy water storage containers ;D
     
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  4. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Oh that sucks!
     
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  5. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah, I have 2 18 gallon totes! 1 for pure and 1 for salt! Just got lazy refilling the pure! Price paid!
     
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  6. zackscott20

    zackscott20 Fire Shrimp

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    maybe get a coat valve ato system?
     
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  7. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    prob on next tank!
     
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