WOW! I am a complete moron!

BradsOcean · 01/06/2009, 05:57 PM

Ok, I mixed the salt into the water. let it mix. Then i did the water change. After i finished the water change, i realized that i didn't ever check the salinity OR the temp!!!! After years of water changes every single week, i somehow forgot to check anything!Thankfully the salinity was perfect! the temp dropped a few degrees...but its all ok.

has anyone else ever done this?

acrodave · 01/06/2009, 06:00 PM

temp.what is that .i never temp. i just mix it right and it it goes

Capt_Cully · 01/06/2009, 06:00 PM

My famous move is to do a waterchange without un hooking the ATO unit.

I'll pull out like 10 gallons of salt water before I realize I just replaced it with 10 gallons of fresh water. WOOOAAAHH! Makes an easy job into a PITA!

You're not alone.

acrodave · 01/06/2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Capt_Cully
My famous move is to do a waterchange without un hooking the ATO unit.

I'll pull out like 10 gallons of salt water before I realize I just replaced it with 10 gallons of fresh water. WOOOAAAHH! Makes an easy job into a PITA!

You're not alone.

done that once

J.russell · 01/06/2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by acrodave
done that once

That now makes atleast 3 of us

phenom5 · 01/06/2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by acrodave
temp.what is that .i never temp. i just mix it right and it it goes

Yup. I usually try to get the SG close though.

BradsOcean · 01/06/2009, 06:11 PM

niiiiice!

tigereye37 · 01/06/2009, 06:54 PM

That's so weird, i had a nightmare the other night that i did a water change and forgot to mix in the salt!

sanababit · 01/06/2009, 07:42 PM

Dont worry, i have a good idea that 2 1/2 cups of salt mixed in 5 gal will give me 1.025 (reef crystals), so what i do is put that amount in a bucket, pour the water in the bucket, mix with the algae scrapper and pour, i really dont test nor heat the water, IME nothing has happened in 2 years that i've done it...

Sana

dbartkow · 01/06/2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by J.russell
That now makes atleast 3 of us

I have done that a couple of times! lol...

Dave

reefing102 · 01/06/2009, 08:11 PM

the thing that I've done is, well not to my tank but a tank at work, was they have a plumbing that you push down on and it starts to release freshwater into the tank, well I was doing it at the end of the night and I got distracted by the supervisor, it got left running all night, killed most everything (3 pj cardinals and yellow tang) in the tank except some damsels, crabs, and snails. I didn't get repremanded but I told the truth that I had left it running.

redfishsc · 01/06/2009, 09:01 PM

I snowstormed my nano once with kalkwassar. I set up a half-liter of Kalk mix dripping into a HOB filter. Then decided to turn the filters off so I could target feed my corals.

After 20 minutes of the HOB filling up with pure kalk water, I turned the pumps back on and a snowstorm followed.

Fortunately it didn't snow for long once the water circulated well.....

redfishsc · 01/06/2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by BradsOcean (signature line)
If I only eat Top Ramen for the next week, i can afford to get the new zoas they got in this week!

Keep that habit up and you'll go from looking like you do in your avatar to looking like Acrodave's avatar!

scorpiocasper · 01/06/2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by redfishsc
Keep that habit up and you'll go from looking like you do in your avatar to looking like Acrodave's avatar!

That would be a shame!!

Nicole

BuddhaKiss · 01/07/2009, 01:08 AM

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Originally posted by Capt_Cully
My famous move is to do a waterchange without un hooking the ATO unit.

I'll pull out like 10 gallons of salt water before I realize I just replaced it with 10 gallons of fresh water. WOOOAAAHH! Makes an easy job into a PITA!

You're not alone.

Have definitely done that!!!

01/06/2009, 05:57 PM	#1
BradsOcean Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Island Posts: 1,173	WOW! I am a complete moron! Ok, I mixed the salt into the water. let it mix. Then i did the water change. After i finished the water change, i realized that i didn't ever check the salinity OR the temp!!!! After years of water changes every single week, i somehow forgot to check anything!Thankfully the salinity was perfect! the temp dropped a few degrees...but its all ok. has anyone else ever done this? __________________ the low cost of 3 Ramen meals a day is feeding my zoa addiction Current Tank Info: had a few small reefs in the past, researching for my future 125 :)

01/06/2009, 06:00 PM	#2
acrodave REEF NERD Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: maryville tn-- work in knoxville Posts: 4,187	temp.what is that .i never temp. i just mix it right and it it goes __________________ Peace,Dave Superman puts on Tim Tebow pajamas when he goes to bed The Heisman as a sophomore nuff said Less technology more biology Tattoos are the only art you can take to the grave Current Tank Info: 26gal bow,20gal mantis tank/fuge150wHQI,20k AB Seio 620 maxijet1200x's 2 on a wave maker. all sps

01/06/2009, 06:00 PM	#3
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	My famous move is to do a waterchange without un hooking the ATO unit. I'll pull out like 10 gallons of salt water before I realize I just replaced it with 10 gallons of fresh water. WOOOAAAHH! Makes an easy job into a PITA! You're not alone. __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

01/06/2009, 06:11 PM	#7
BradsOcean Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Island Posts: 1,173	niiiiice! __________________ the low cost of 3 Ramen meals a day is feeding my zoa addiction Current Tank Info: had a few small reefs in the past, researching for my future 125 :)

01/06/2009, 07:42 PM	#9
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	Dont worry, i have a good idea that 2 1/2 cups of salt mixed in 5 gal will give me 1.025 (reef crystals), so what i do is put that amount in a bucket, pour the water in the bucket, mix with the algae scrapper and pour, i really dont test nor heat the water, IME nothing has happened in 2 years that i've done it... Sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

01/06/2009, 06:54 PM	#8
tigereye37 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: RI Posts: 191	That's so weird, i had a nightmare the other night that i did a water change and forgot to mix in the salt!

01/06/2009, 08:11 PM	#11
reefing102 Who Am I Here? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 1,155	the thing that I've done is, well not to my tank but a tank at work, was they have a plumbing that you push down on and it starts to release freshwater into the tank, well I was doing it at the end of the night and I got distracted by the supervisor, it got left running all night, killed most everything (3 pj cardinals and yellow tang) in the tank except some damsels, crabs, and snails. I didn't get repremanded but I told the truth that I had left it running. __________________ Shane Life's a climb... but the view is great. ______________________________ Current Tank Info: 2.5 Gallon Nano

01/06/2009, 09:01 PM	#12
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	I snowstormed my nano once with kalkwassar. I set up a half-liter of Kalk mix dripping into a HOB filter. Then decided to turn the filters off so I could target feed my corals. After 20 minutes of the HOB filling up with pure kalk water, I turned the pumps back on and a snowstorm followed. Fortunately it didn't snow for long once the water circulated well..... __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.