We just did our first and it was surprisingly easy. We got two five gallon buckets of rodi from our LFS. Mixed in the salt, but two cups because I was nervous. Then we set them by the fireplace to warm up. The dogs were furious the buckets had the warm spot on the fuzzy rug in front of the fire! We left it there over night. Next day we mixed in more salt until it reached the right amount and let it warm by the fire a little more. Then we used a cleaning siphon to remove any crap from the sand into two other buckets. Then we used a pump to add in the fresh water. We ended up using some of the old water to top off because we were a little short. Our corals seemed to love it. They all seemed to be happier afterwards. It was much easier that I thought it would be!
Jane
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