Anything wrong with doing 20% WC every other day?

[JESTERX626]

This was just a thought. Is there anything wrong with doing a 20% waterchange every other day? For example, mon,wed,fri? I have a big piece of driftwood and I boiled and soaked as much of it as I could and just put it in my tank. My water has a brown tea dusky color now, so I wanna do frequent water changes to remove as much tannins as I can.

 

[koliveira]

that should not be a problem. the more frequent the better!

 

[PhullTank57]

What kind of fish do you have? and what size tank is it?

 

[rkc772]

i don't see it as a problem.. what will happen is if you also feed a lot your fish will double or even triple there size in no time. i did a 70% Water change every other day before and my Hypselobarbus Jerdoni (2.5x original size) got big fast...now i only do a 70% twice a week. but the water change only applies to my 60 gal not on my 180 gal tank. check my signature for the fish in it. my delhenzi (from 3" to 8") and ornate (from 3" to 10") got the same treatment in a 10 gal tank.. there were 6 of them. and now they are in my 180.. got too big for the 10 gal tank. all of them got big in about 4-5 month period... did i just give too much info?

 

[MilitantPotato]

Your fish would love you if ya did 20% every two days.
Ontop of doing those changes, buy purigen, it will make quick work of tannin staining.

 

[RadleyMiller]

Your fish would love you if ya did 20% every two days.
Ontop of doing those changes, buy purigen, it will make quick work of tannin staining.

I have never had tannins leak into my tank, and I have never boiled the wood and 2 pieces took a week to sink. I just have always had purigen in the tank.

 

[Slim2634]

either get some purigen or just buy a nice piece of artificial driftwood.