fresh vs salt

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Jc1119 said:
If my 300 was a fish only salt setup and i did biweekly water changes, salt alone would cost about $80-90 pr month for the cheap stuff
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^^^This is why I hadn't considered a larger tank. When I have a tank setup FW I have 3 costs, water bill, electrical bill, fish food. Just seems like the requirements being higher for all 3 raises cost. I notice most SW fish keepers feed more expensive frozen foods and stuff.
 
You don't need to do bi-weekly water changes or even weekly. You choose to do it. When I had my fish only tanks and reef tanks I only added evaporated water weekly. I do maybe water changes every few months and it only be 25% water change. Your not going to stock a saltwater tank like a freshwater tank.

here was my 100g soft coral reef
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MyGiants said:
You don't need to do bi-weekly water changes or even weekly. You choose to do it. When I had my fish only tanks and reef tanks I only added evaporated water weekly. I do maybe water changes every few months and it only be 25% water change. Your not going to stock a saltwater tank like a freshwater tank.

I totally agree with you on its not that much more to do saltwater fish only tank and also on the water changes. When I removed my corals I did not do a water change for 2yrs...just replaced evaporated water...LOVE YOUR REEF TANK. HATS DOWN TO A FELLOW REEFER!!
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You don't need bi weekly water changes on sw lol live rock is a natural nitrate remover I change 10% once a month while in my fresh I change over 100% a week mainly due to high stocking levels.

A bit of misinformation on this thread ...
 
Ok so it all has to do with stocking levels and waste produced by the fish. I'm amazed salt water fish don't produce more waste than freshwater fish, they live in the bigger pond after all.

You guys can't be doing this you are giving me hope of keeping salt water one day!
 
kamikaziechameleon said:
why do water changes on coral tanks and not on fish only tanks??? what removes the nitrates???? Is that why you setup refugiums???
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All sorts of ways, live rock, sand bed, deep sand bed, remote deep sand bed, macro algae, carbon dosing (various ways from simple vodka or sugar to pellets), traditional denitrifiers , also corals consume nitrates. It's not like fw where water changed are the primary way.
 
clekchau said:
All sorts of ways, live rock, sand bed, deep sand bed, remote deep sand bed, macro algae, carbon dosing (various ways from simple vodka or sugar to pellets), traditional denitrifiers , also corals consume nitrates. It's not like fw where water changed are the primary way.
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Ok so basically your telling me water changes are almost optional for salt water!!!
 
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