how often do you guys do water changes if all of younumbers are coming back 0-0-0. This is the first tank I have had with massive amounts of filtration and my numbers are just staying great.
water change question
- Thread starter jack frost
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in a up and running cycled tank no one should be coming back with all zeros lol. i do a wc once or twice a week. from anywhere from 25-30% a time. some people do more some less. also depends on stock, filtration, and size.
I went and bought another test kit the other day and it might not be zero but its darn close and I guess I should add that I put some super alge stop in a few weeks ago. On the bottle it claims it lowers nitrates and nitirtes and extends water changes. I guess I will go ahead and keep up with weekly water changes then.
I started using the alge stop because I have well water and trying to control algein my other tanks is a mother #$##$ as well as in my pool. I don't want this problem in my acrylic tank as it will be harder to clean it off the front if it starts.
I started using the alge stop because I have well water and trying to control algein my other tanks is a mother #$##$ as well as in my pool. I don't want this problem in my acrylic tank as it will be harder to clean it off the front if it starts.
i also have well water but am not having the algae problems. what color algae are you having problems with
check for phosphates in the well water. happened to me a couple of years ago. phosphates went through the roof after a couple of months of non stop rain. changed the ground water levels.
What test kit are you using? I was using API master test kit, and I wasn't shaking the bottle and test vial hard enough for nitrates. I always thought I was getting zero until my friend showed me. You really got to shake the hell out of it.
Tru dat. The NitrAte test takes a lot more work than the others to do it correctly.
Curious how nitrAte can be reduced by a product in a bottle - sounds like an improbable claim.
Curious how nitrAte can be reduced by a product in a bottle - sounds like an improbable claim.
I dont have problems getting readings in my other tanks fellas, so I'm pretty sure I am doing the test right