Nitrate??????

[Pufferpunk]

Good point! It is much easier to clean the larger pieces of substrate in a FW tank, than the sand substrate most of us use in our SW systems. Im my 2 larger tanks, I have a lot of critters living in my sand bed I do not wish to disturb, which are detrious eaters & should help with that problem (both tanks have DSB). In my nano, I have larger grains & I do stir the substrate with a chopstick before each WC.

When I kept puffers in a 55g I used crushed coral & while doing my 50% weekly WC on them, I'd use the gravel cleaner with a Python to clean under & around all decor.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Interesting WC articles by a friend in the hobby over 50 years:
http://www.aquariumboard.com/forums/articles/4802.htm
http://www.aquariumboard.com/forums/articles/4804.htm

 

[Pufferpunk]

Here are a few more articles on WC:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/rhf/index.php
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/watchgantart.htm

 

[Pufferpunk]

Somebody, please show me an article where it says that regurlarly done, large WC will stress your fish/system

 

[Space_cadet001]

BTW I was directing my comment at jacki, but it appears she hasn't been on this thread for a while.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I realize that & agreed with you.

 

[jacky]

sorry people just got home from a bssiness trip to CA. I have my friend change the water for me while I was gone. He said he changed about 10% each day. I test it and still at 80ppm. I dont have a cannister filter and when I do WC i do use a gravel vac. I did check my tap water and its not it. I dont know what is going on, but all the fish and eels are doing just fine, they eat and I only give them food three time a week. (seafood) Stille no ammonia or nitrite both at 0ppm. Thank you guys again, but if you guys think of something please let me know.

 

[jacky]

sorry people just got home from a bssiness trip to CA. I have my friend change the water for me while I was gone. He said he changed about 10% each day. I test it and still at 80ppm. I dont have a cannister filter and when I do WC i do use a gravel vac. I did check my tap water and its not it. I dont know what is going on, but all the fish and eels are doing just fine, they eat and I only give them food three time a week. (seafood) Stille no ammonia or nitrite both at 0ppm. Thank you guys again, but if you guys think of something please let me know.

 

[Pufferpunk]

You are going to have to do much larger WC than 10% to remove those nitrates.

 

[jacky]

well how much? If I do large WC it have to be weekly.