Help!!

[mockery]

OK so I was gone most of wedensday and all of thursday, well i get home from school and i'm about to feed the fish and my water level is horribly low!! What should i do just dump in a bunch of RO/DI of what??? please help

 

[theplatypus]

Just add freshwater. Some people like to aerate,heat, and pH balance, but I never have.

 

[mockery]

Evap, salinity is at about 1.030. checked by my refractometer. So dumping all that water in is ok?

 

[mockery]

Will temp difference matter?

 

[mockery]

Yeah i just used my finger and the tank temp is cool, but the top off is kinda cold. here is hoping nothing happens!

 

[twocute2b4u]

Does it matter which finger you use? I'm sorry, I had to say that.

I do the same thing though, I keep a 5 gallon jug of salt water arating all the time, I dont keep a heater in it at all. when my tank needs a water change I use the water from the 5 gallon jug. If I am topping off I use fresh RO water that has been sitting in a 5 gallon jug without a powerhead. I've never had a problem.

 

[mockery]

no i don't i'm kinda pissed that i let this happen!!

 

[shromy]

you will be fine in my experience, you have a little less volume than me. i use straight out of the basement (stay about 50 in there) RO water when I am in a pinch, just dont make it a regular thing. wouldnt hurt to put in gallon by gallon though. you dont have alot to disturb (least last time i saw your tank) so i think youll be fine.

 

[theplatypus]

Just top it off a 1/2-1 gallon at a time and be done with it. It really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[shromy]

Thanks Barb I am glad I am not the only lazy person around here. The 56g corner sucks some water and i hardly notice now that im in the basement most of the time now.

 

[thanh386]

Barbara;290297 wrote: Sometimes I don't add water until I hear the pumps clacking! Oops!

Reminds me of my mother when I asked her to look after my fish for a week... I come home to a bunch of pissed off fish and a heavily evaporated tank. Gotta love parents.

 

[linda lee]

Barbara;290297 wrote: Sometimes I don't add water until I hear the pumps clacking! Oops!

Me too. I figure when my tank needs water, it will "ask" me.

 

[oil_fan]

On really cold dry days, I go through a bit more than a gallon of water each day to make up for evaporation. What I normally do is have the water in 1 gallon jugs and then heat it in the microwave for 2 minutes to get them up into the 70's.

 

[skriz]

a quick way to heat the water is to nuke/boil a small amount and add it to the larger amount. It will raise the temp of the top off water with a quickness.

 

[mockery]

Hey ya'll thanks for you help. I slowly warmed the water up and added water over the course of 24 hours