How Often do you water change>?

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Miguel;1969616;1969616 said:
They do it in some of the portuguese atlantic isles,, namely in one called Porto Santo I have seen, and tasted, it.

It tastes salty. it is disgusting. No way will it quelch the thirst of a thirsty person...
Something about salty tasting water just makes me lose my thirst. I tried some reclaimed saltwater in Oregon, and nearly gagged. Awful tasting stuff.
 
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Does anyone see an issue with this schedule? I do 30% a week on monday then if i have time another 30% on wednesday. I have 2 tanks, one 50gallon breeder with a 5 inch gold mac p and one 180 with an assortment of SA/CA
 
Water change schedules should be based on what your nitrate level build up is like. If you run something that removes nitrates, a weekly water change is still needed.
 
bigspizz;1967930; said:
Not sure H2o can be un bonded...I think Steve is spot on... It is never lost..Even water vapor is still water. It would be over a billion years before the lack of water was a concern...We might live on Titan by then...lol

:headbang2Even so I doubt we'll be fighting over water for hundreds of years yet at LEAST!:headbang2
 
WyldFya;1968996; said:
Tell that to people that survived through New Orleans. In times of crisis, oil and gold are worthless. In real crisis the things that matter are (in order of importance): water, food, shelter. Beyond those, nothing else really matters.

Sorry you've lost me? Tell people in new orleans to stop keeping fish?
 
WyldFya;1978953; said:
Water change schedules should be based on what your nitrate level build up is like. If you run something that removes nitrates, a weekly water change is still needed.
I agree, fish excrete pheromones, among other things that should be removed in weekly waterchanges...
 
WyldFya;1970096; said:
Something about salty tasting water just makes me lose my thirst. I tried some reclaimed saltwater in Oregon, and nearly gagged. Awful tasting stuff.
That's just low quality desalinization and filtering...
I've been out in the ocean for over 60days at a wack drinking and cooking with water made from the ocean and to tell you the truth it's better than the quality of city water I use now...it's all in the quality of the de-sal unit...
 
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