I'm becoming addicted to water changes?
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I wouldn't say i am addicted but everytime after i water change i am happy because i know my tank will look better in less the 1 houri do 1 50% water change on both my tanks 1 time a week. Takes about an hour and a half to do 2 135 gallon tanks with a 10 gallon bucket.
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When you say look better, does that mean your water is cloudy? What if you went two weeks and your water was still crystal clear, fish were happy and levels were all good? That's what I'm wanting to know, WHY are people going this crazy about water changes. My fish are happy before and after w/c's so I'm trying to figure out if you guys are doing something wrong, or I am.
What specific indication is leading you to say, "Dang, i need to change out half my water right now.." ?
well livng on my own, i try to do twice a week to three times, but moving back in with my grandad, ill beable to do w/c once a week min.
I do a water change every day if I can... on 8 tanks... at least every tank gets one a week.. if its a easy day i'll do more then one tank. and some days I skip a day and do 2 the next day!You're among tother water change addicts... and I use to be in the once every 2 weeks 20% crowd... then I tried it...
Ok, it had been about two weeksish since my last w/c (I topped off my two living room tanks over the weekend..) so i just did a 50% w/c on those two tanks to see if I was missing something.
An hour later: Water is almost back to same clarity as before, fish still look great and super active, vibrant and healthy.
What are you guys seeing that I'm not? Lol..
Again, i had a deal with Ich on my loaches a few months ago and I removed substrate (some of you have bare bottom tanks..) for easier cysts removal, and was doing a lot of w/c's because of meds, but that actually interupted my nitrogen cycle and caused spikes in ammonia/nitrites. Those little BB's can reproduce sure, but not if their population doesn't have substrate to cling to and is halved every day or two?!?
Ok, I'm done. Said my piece and I'm glad people have started agreeing that some of are you nuts. LOL.
Edited: Ammonia and NitrItes, not nitrates.
I agree too, I have bare bottom tank and tbh I could leave it 2 weeks and I don't notice anything wrong with my fish or the water quality.
No my water Has never been cloudy in either of my tanks. I have great filtration on both of them. Water is always crystal clear even if i didnt do anything to it for 2 weeks like i have before it is still crystal clear. But when ever the water level dips below a certain point i do a water change it is just routine for me.. Every Sunday = me doing 2 water changes and me going to the gym. It is just been my routine for 2 or 3 years now... So i am used to it.
And my fish are always running around my tank... Lol
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A good guide to w/c's:
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/wchanges.htm
These guys are hemming over whether 10% daily is extreme and harmful:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/...discussions/41427-too-many-water-changes.html
This guy was OBVIOUSLY interupting his cycle and was adding seed material in panty hose trying to get the cycle going. Granted he was doing daily or twice daily partial changes.
Just food for thought... 50% is beyond extreme IME and into the rediculous, and I think you guys may actually be keeping your BB at superlow levels by overchanging your water. Just my $.02, but dang... I had a 10 year 20gal aquarium growing up and if we vacuumed/changed the water once a month it was more often than normal. We lost ONE fish in a 10 year span and that was because it jumped out and died on the carpet before we found it.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f15/too-many-water-changes-90847.html
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/wchanges.htm
These guys are hemming over whether 10% daily is extreme and harmful:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/...discussions/41427-too-many-water-changes.html
This guy was OBVIOUSLY interupting his cycle and was adding seed material in panty hose trying to get the cycle going. Granted he was doing daily or twice daily partial changes.
Just food for thought... 50% is beyond extreme IME and into the rediculous, and I think you guys may actually be keeping your BB at superlow levels by overchanging your water. Just my $.02, but dang... I had a 10 year 20gal aquarium growing up and if we vacuumed/changed the water once a month it was more often than normal. We lost ONE fish in a 10 year span and that was because it jumped out and died on the carpet before we found it.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f15/too-many-water-changes-90847.html
Great looking tanks btw, I think weekly is reasonable assuming you have rocks, sticks, substrate etc (which clearly in the pics you do..) and even though I think 50% is more than needed, you obviously have the cycle established and changing out half the water isn't going to cause you problems.
BTW, are the biggest plants in both tanks real? If so what are they? They look fantastic.
Yeah f doing big tanks 2 times a week lol
And thank you!
No they actually aren't real i got them from tongs in fountian valley, Ca they were 15 now 20
My Oscar would destroy real plants he loves to decorate.... Lol
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