Daily water changes, am I crazy?

[Ray90]

I perform daily 20℅ water changes on the majority of my setups. This is mainly due to my OCD but I'm wondering if it's too much, or if it's beneficial to my fish..?

 

[dogofwar]

Sure, can't hurt. Think of it as taking out 20% of the nitrates each day...

 

[Ray90]

I age the water in tubs and use five gallon buckets for refills. A friend of mine says I'm stressing my fish but I see no signs of stress.

 

[dogofwar]

Lots of folks do daily water changes. I've done multiple water changes per day in some tanks

Matt

I age the water in tubs and use five gallon buckets for refills. A friend of mine says I'm stressing my fish but I see no signs of stress.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Your fish get used to it. I think that it's great if you can keep that up. It will keep the water quality very steady, which is a good thing. There are discus keepers that do 50-100% water changes every day.

I would just watch out for nitrate creep. Basically, if your tank is heavily stocked, the 20% a day might actually be enough and your total nitrates might "creep" up over time. As long as you keep an eye on it and do a single large water change to "reset" the nitrates, you will be just fine.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

What happened here. This guy is banned already? Lol

 

[krichardson]

What happened here. This guy is banned already? Lol

Hah! Looks like some of the photos in his threads are not of fish that he owns....or even his photos at all.

 

[JK47]

What happened here. This guy is banned already? Lol

Scammer. People often post legit topics at first to stay under the radar. They always slip up, eventually...