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Buffering capacity is basically the maximium amount of complex elements that can be held/bounded to H20 before the pH changes it's numeral value. I would expect you understand that carbon is pourous and sticky like fly paper - so is hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium - h20 holds minerals, depending on the volume of what the h20 is holding makes the water neutral ph of 7, alkyline ph higher than 7, or acidic ph lower than 7.
Weekly water changes are essental for many positive reasons - it replenishes oxygen, hydrogen, salt, and minerals as well as removing harmful gases. Because salt can be expensive @ 50% weekly w/c - most ppl change less than freshwater tanks. 10% is a bare minimum, if you can afford more that's even better. To help combat harmful gas build up Reefers use gadgets and gizmos - gravel vacs, skimmers, reactors, dosing tech, r/o systems, refrgium tech, solid carbon, De-ionizers , and ozone, to name just a few.
As for your side note - I have a 30 gal water change tank with a mag drive pump and hose attachment. For my 210 Reef tank - after a weekly change of 30 gal of salt water - I add 10 cups of Red Sea Pro Salt, fill it up, dechlorinate, and let it the tank run for a week filtered with carbon and heated - this gives me a constant salinity of 1.025 without making things a long drawn out ordeal.
Weekly water changes are essental for many positive reasons - it replenishes oxygen, hydrogen, salt, and minerals as well as removing harmful gases. Because salt can be expensive @ 50% weekly w/c - most ppl change less than freshwater tanks. 10% is a bare minimum, if you can afford more that's even better. To help combat harmful gas build up Reefers use gadgets and gizmos - gravel vacs, skimmers, reactors, dosing tech, r/o systems, refrgium tech, solid carbon, De-ionizers , and ozone, to name just a few.
As for your side note - I have a 30 gal water change tank with a mag drive pump and hose attachment. For my 210 Reef tank - after a weekly change of 30 gal of salt water - I add 10 cups of Red Sea Pro Salt, fill it up, dechlorinate, and let it the tank run for a week filtered with carbon and heated - this gives me a constant salinity of 1.025 without making things a long drawn out ordeal.
wow. thanks.
i need to get back out there and ask my guy but he has a 250 what i guess would be considered a reef tank and he says he has not done a water change in five years.
things seem to be thriving. is there possible a reason why it can last like that?? water paramiter possible all out of whack??
i need to get back out there and ask my guy but he has a 250 what i guess would be considered a reef tank and he says he has not done a water change in five years.
things seem to be thriving. is there possible a reason why it can last like that?? water paramiter possible all out of whack??
oh and i asked one of the guys that worked there and he said he would not recomend it but it is possible to go along time in an established tank with out changes. but then he said again, he does not recomend it. there is things the filters can not get out.
things are getting a little too in depth with pH talk. Good quality aragonite sand and a good salt mix is going to keep your pH where it needs to be with proper circulation and filtration. Don't lose sleep over that. Most fish do just fine in a wide variety of pH and I am betting most of us do not monitor our pH at all. Water changes keep nitrates down, which is important and replenishes trace elements, among other things.
basic and to the point. thanks.
with crushed corral in my freshwater tank, ive checked ph a few times, it was always in check so i never bother with it now.
my guy told me salt water is quite easy, once i get rollin ill be fine if i can manage a freshwater. the only thing is there is just so much i dont know with salt.
with crushed corral in my freshwater tank, ive checked ph a few times, it was always in check so i never bother with it now.
my guy told me salt water is quite easy, once i get rollin ill be fine if i can manage a freshwater. the only thing is there is just so much i dont know with salt.
