HOW TO DO WEEKLY 4 GALLON WATER CHANGES ON BIOCUBE 32

HOW TO DO WEEKLY 4 GALLON WATER CHANGES ON BIOCUBE 32

There are two blue jugs of RODI water.  Here is how it goes, and don’t worry, you remember how to do it by yourself.  RODI water can also be purchased at Neptune’s, if you want to skip step four or cannot figure it out, but you have enough water for a little more than a 4 gallon a water change with each 5 gallon bucket. The green can is also filled with RODI water right now, not salt. p.s. You can also use the plain RODI water to top off the two freshwater tanks, as it is chlorine free.

STEP ONE

Turn off tank powerstrip.

Get a clean bucket and use RO water in blue jugs (and right now the green jug has RODI water too).  Do not use water in bucket on floor of basement shower, pour that one out, I was just cleaning it out. 

Pour RO water in bucket, add pump to bottom to stir and mix saltwater to 1.025 salinity.  Mix really well with your hand and the pump before testing.

STEP TWO

Take siphon and get a bucket.

Lightly move syphon just above bottom after putting cylinder under water to remove air and pushing on pump. Do not suck up sand (kink the tube if you get sand in it and it’ll drop back down).

Fill bucket a ¾ full.

STEP THREE (ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, NOT EVERY WATER CHANGE)

Replace carbon filter in back of tank. You have one under the tank and I just ordered you more.

STEP FOUR  (ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS–MAKING RODI WATER)

To fill RO blue jugs.  Hook up twisting on long cap of filtering station on floor of basement shower to basement sink faucet.  Look at two cut off tubes, one that says waste just goes down the drain of the shower.  Other than says something like RODI (very short tube barely fits to top of jug), goes into blue jug.  Turn on cold water handle faucet and leave running about two hours until jug fills.  The spigot drips a little but that’s ok. 

P.S. Remember you can always bring the three cans and just buy salt water ready to go in the tank at Neptune’s if you need to do so. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO WEEKLY WATER CHANGES OF 4 GALLONS EACH WEEK, OR THE TANK IS GOING TO GO INTO FAILURE MODE AND THINGS WILL START DYING.

Something else I just remembered about the tank. You need to take out the white chemipure bag in the second chamber below the carbon filter and rinse with RODI water (not tap) once a month, so it’s due to be rinsed soon. It only gets replaced every 3-6 months and it’s one month old currently. The flat carbon filter gets replaced every 2-4 weeks, when it gets dirty.

Don’t forget to feed a little 1/2 teaspoon Benereef mixed with RODI water in the turkey baster squirter one a week too. Night.