This may have been asked before....

[Toodleypops]

you know peaches that you should add the conditioner and stuff BEFORE you add your new water.... this might help with the hose dilemma

 

[uncwnells]

I usually try and do a tank a day, fri-125, sat-55, sun-40 and 20 growout, mon-75, tues-35, wed-20 growout. I change between 50 and 30% of the water depending on the tank.

 

[Pharaoh]

I change my water once a week and it is generally a pretty good %. At least 50%. Most of my tanks are really understocked.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

I try to do 60% every 10 days or so

 

[1974Pantera]

I do about 25% every other day in my overstocked 40g.

My 75g and 125g I do about 50% every week but they are lightly stocked.

 

[navygirl76]

well because i dont work a normal mon-fri job, i change 50-60 percent in my 180 and 90 gallon about every 9 or 10 days..

 

[benzjamin13]

50% weekly

 

[polish]

15-50% Weekly on all my tanks.

I can do the pair of 20's in my room in like 15 minutes. The 75g and 110g take a little longer but the amount of actual work is maybe 5-10 minutes. I just drop the siphon in, turn on the faucet to create the suction and go sit down. When it's at the level I want to change I just flip the deal at the faucet and it starts refilling the tank. I add the Prime and make sure the temp coming out is very close to tank temps. Then go sit back down, once it's full I just coil the Python hose back up.

For those saying it takes a long time, ditch the bucket and get a Python or similar device. It will make it 10000x faster.

 

[sploke]

14 tanks from 10-200gal, 50% weekly on all of them with deep gravel vacs

 

[Eläköön]

my 55 and 80 something (custom made) i do 25% on them each sunday which takes anywhere from 30+45 minutes if i include topping up the marine reef and nano comunity upstairs