I read that the maximum percent of water change you can do is 50% ? Is there a reason why you can't change 70% of the water? Can someone explain to me why you can't.
I run ~ 30 tanks and do so the majority of the time. I assure you that it can be done.
There is no reason that you cannot change > 50% of the water.
Factors that you NEED to consider however:
1. Do not replace the water with clean water of considerably different PH. In fact it is a best practice to keep your PH as close as possible from before the WC to after the WC.
2. Fish can get stressed if they are not given enough water to breath. In other words they should be able to swim vertically and not have the water drained to the point of forcing them to turn sideways.
(When I do 100+ % water changes, I usually do 80%, and then start refilling the tank/ pond as it is filling.) This servers several purposes: I keep decor in most of my tanks/ ponds. Rather than have to remove all decor to vacuum the bottom, a strong current from the filling hose can be used to remove detritus from the tanks by squirting around them and directing the "crud" toward the siphon. I very regularly do this!
3. Temperature of the replacement water should as closely match the temperature of the water being replaced.