Doing Water Changes

[Mr.September15]

When doing water changes, I have noticed that my LR is sooo freaking gross. I got it like that at the LFS but wasnt sure if I was supposed to rinse it off since i thought it might kill off some bacteria. But anywho, I wanna take out the L.R when im doing a water change but wasnt sure what to do...Do you just dump it in a bucket filled with SW or do you have to make sure that its at temp. then stick them in the bucket?

 

[Mr.September15]

Anybody?

 

[sparklefuzz]

Anybody?

Why do you want to take it out to do water changes? I would assume the SW you put it into would have to be up to temperature, to keep it alive... I don't think you are supposed to rinse anything off it, though I could be wrong... maybe vac any gunk off it whilst you change your water?

 

[Mr.September15]

I want to take it out to rinse off all the crap that got on it in the LFS they used a diffrent substrate and some of it is still on the rock, I dont want a mix of sand and crushed coral in my tank so I wnt all the crushed coral and other stuff off of it so my tank can be cleaner...

 

[sparklefuzz]

I want to take it out to rinse off all the crap that got on it in the LFS they used a diffrent substrate and some of it is still on the rock, I dont want a mix of sand and crushed coral in my tank so I wnt all the crushed coral and other stuff off of it so my tank can be cleaner...

I would either vac it while you syphon water, or rinse it gently in a bucket of heated saltwater.

 

[Chac]

Why not just use your powerhead to blow any detrirus off of the rock

 

[Mr.September15]

Why not just use your powerhead to blow any detrirus off of the rock

I used a turkey baster to blow it off but it fell on the sand. And I suck at cleaning the sand with my syphon.