Water Storage

[FreezeFins]

Does anyone know of any articles related to preparing and storing water to have ready for partial water changes?

 

[David S]

What do you need to know?

 

[FreezeFins]

I have been storing pre-made water in a 50 Gal rubbermade trash can that I bought strictly to store water run through my RO/DI filter. I added instant ocean mix and have the specivic gravity at 1.025. The water has been stored that way for close to thirty days. Do I need to aerate the water before adding to my tank, and if so for how long?

 

[oO BRIGHTY Oo]

I was told that you can only keep it for about a week with some movement going through it but please someone correct me if I'm wrong

 

[FTMMWS]

Add a power head ,you must keep it moving,it will be good for a couple months

 

[FreezeFins]

I was curious, because I have seen the 5 gallon containers of seawater on the shelf at petsmart and petco. I was wondering if anyone uses that, and how long those might be sitting on the shelf.

 

[FTMMWS]

I would guess those containers are air tight and probably last a year or so

 

[David S]

I wouldn't bother adding any salt until your ready to do a pwc if your not going to use 50g at one go,If you keep it too long in a container the evaporation will adjust the salinity,I normally keep enough saltwater for 2 pwc's,just in case i need some in an emergency.