50% water change

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is a 50% water change good or bad

  • good

    Votes: 51 87.9%
  • bad

    Votes: 7 12.1%

  • Total voters
    58
  • Poll closed .
I do a 75% w/c on my Oscar tank twice a week, and then a 50% w/c once a week on my community tank.
 
I never change less than 50%, except on my planted tank.
 
I must be in the minority here...I test regularly and have multi-filter systems and have no problem at all maintaining stability with 25% water changes every other week. To me... the added stress on the fish, especially my aro, isn't worth the dubious benifits of larger, more frequant, water changes.

PS. This is the way I've been doing it for 30 years or so and I've yet to have any water quality issues.
 
I do 50% water changes at least once every 2 weeks.
 
Wolf3101;980987; said:
I must be in the minority here...I test regularly and have multi-filter systems and have no problem at all maintaining stability with 25% water changes every other week. To me... the added stress on the fish, especially my aro, isn't worth the dubious benifits of larger, more frequant, water changes.

PS. This is the way I've been doing it for 30 years or so and I've yet to have any water quality issues.

maybe you and I think alike. If a small one gets the job done, why waste time and water with huge changes?

They make test kits for a reason:)
 
i go back and forword ahaha

one month all i will do is tops 30% everyday or other then the next month do a 10-15% every day or other and then at the end of the week do a really big like 65-70% waterchange
:D

ahah
 
I do 50% on large tanks weekly, 50% on small tanks weekly or bi-weekly, depending on need.
 
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