water change

Due to a change in my ground water, I would like to begin buffering the water for my lake Tanganyika setup. I’ve already slowly dosed Cichlid Lake Salt and got my GH to around 12 dGH. I will keep it at this level by replacing the same amount of salt that is removed in my water changes. Next...

Hey everyone! Now, I’ve been cycling my tank for a little bit now. And I was wondering if I should do a water change on it? I don’t know if doing a water change during the cycling would affect the cycle at all, so I just want to make sure. I know, complete newbie post, but I just want to be...

I live on a septic system and have about ~500 gallons of aquariums. This becomes about 2-300 gallons of water changes a week. In the summer time I open the door/garage and just drain it out into the gardens, and bottle some up for house plants. In the winter I dump this into my septic. So far...

Hello, so a week ago I got two baby mini peacock bass (2 inches) and two baby parrot chiclids (2-3 inches). A week has passed and one of my chicla unfortunately died (believe from choking on a feeder). I currently feed my fish once a day on frozen bloodworms and shrimp and were able to get them...

hey, My Water Keeps Turing Green Like 3 Days After I Do A Water change. No any plants, not overload tank. some woods and sands. I changed water then lights off at night, and find green at early morning. just in 5-6 dark hours. After 2-3 days, it returns to normal without any med. or water...

I have owned this aquarium for over 8 years and nothing like this has happened to the aquarium before. 10 African cichlids just died belly up on the bottom of the aquarium all within 24hrs of the 60% water change, with 2 survivors a central American cichlid Jack Dempsey. I usually change the...

I am about to upgrade the lower end pH controller on my girlfriend's CO2 injected planted tank with a nicer model, at which point I will find myself with a perfectly functional pH controller and no real use for it.. I figured I would just stick it into my 110G cichlid tank and read the pH. And...

Right now I have just setup a 225 gallon aquarium and moved my fish from a 100 gallon. What is the minimum water change schedule? and optimal? (being still 50%?) Previously I was changing 50% every week, and the old parameters were - pH 7.8 - Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0 - Nitrate 10 - 30 Aquarium...

I am getting a 240 gallon acrylic tank (96x24x24) and I'm wondering how to cycle the tank when I first set it up and how long it will take. I will have two FX6's connected to it. I am assuming that when I start I will have: Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrites 0 ppm Nitrates 0 ppm PH ? And then...

Hi, whenever I seem to do a water change these white worms appear in my tank, now Ive heard theyre a sign of bad water but I have good water (tested it a few times) and they only ever appear in this mass when a water change is done. What are they and how can I get rid of them? Ive cleaned the...

hi guys! made a video about my weekly water change routine of my geophagus tapajos red head aquarium. i just love the brownish look of catappa leaves and alder cones! i think it just looks so much more "natural"

Ok, so I did a big water change last night to help with my fish whom aren't doing as well. I was so proud of myself until I just got home from work. The water column is filthy and there is a white film across my lava rock and accumulating on the lower glass. I didn't understand what was going on...

Ok, I was doing a filter maintenance on my Fluval FX4 and a 25% water change on Sunday. I had to move a few decorations around which stirred up a lot of debris. That night I did a very small water change to vacuum the bottom. I only did 10 gallons. Monday morning, I went to say hello to my gents...

Hey guys I figured I would share my latest addition to my setup with my fellow Cichla members. After lugging buckets and draining tank water into my kitchen sink I came up with a solution to make my life a bit easier (and the wife a bit happier). I decided to run a drain to the back of my fish...

Had nothing going on so figured I might as well do a water change why not can’t hurt nitrates are a bit hire than I’d like anyway

I was told that i didn’t need to test the water before housing fish in a new freshwater aquarium - so I haven’t been able to test the ammonia, nitrite or nitrate levels yet, however I have placed fish in the aquarium. I added Fluval products like water conditioner and biological enhancer before...

Hello everyone, At the bottom I have submitted a link to a simple spreadsheet I have made for calculating the pump times for a simple auto water change system. On the right side of the sheet you select: Size of tank, days per week to run your pump, 3 different tank percentages, 5 different...

Hi Sorry for starting I new thread but I thought I should test my water after I did a 50% wc and canister filter clean. So my nitrates are down, good means I need to change more water. Unfortantalty, I'm getting between 0.5-1ppm ammonia. I had my canister filter not running for around 30mins...

Hi guys I'm new to the forum and greatly appreciate your advice. I am setting up a 84"x30"x28" tank for an Asian Arowana and likely a stingray with a small school of Discus. I have two questions after reading other posts and would like further and/or updated advice on the following items: 1)...

Hello all, so i had major algae bloom in my 75g tank that ive been battling for a couple weeks. It all started with me putting in an algae wafer for my plec to eat, and im sure because he didnt eat it all, it caused some cloudy water that i didnt like. With me being impatient, i took out about...