this is my newby question
lil late?
i guess i been doing things wrong the whole time
1.
at what point are you doing to many water changes?
like,could you do a w/c every day and it be ok?
im asking cus ive done like 4 w/c in 5 days,one night i did 2,a few hours apart
and i was just curious at what point is it bad for the fish/tank/filter
usually i do a wc every 2 weeks give or take
but im trying to get amm down and thats why im asking this
2.
a few people on here say cleaning the mechanical media "felt and floss" with a garden hose,kills all my BB
"im not saying i dont belive them just curious about the answer"
if most of the bb is in the scrubbies,why is it bad to clean the mechanical media this way?
if the bb in the mech media dies most of the bb is still in the scrubbies right?
3.
i clean my mechanical media when i do "the normal" wc "once every week or 2"
"so really i clean it about twice a month"
is this wrong or normal?the cleaning the mechanical media part
how many times a month do you clean you mechanical media?
also,i do "not" clean my scrubbies
im asking all this cus i
have great filters
do w/c
clean filters
light stocking
light feedings
and yet in the end my water quality is always way off in most of my tanks
this is driving me to the point im getting tired of all the work just to have bad water
any advice?
lil late?
i guess i been doing things wrong the whole time
1.
at what point are you doing to many water changes?
like,could you do a w/c every day and it be ok?
im asking cus ive done like 4 w/c in 5 days,one night i did 2,a few hours apart
and i was just curious at what point is it bad for the fish/tank/filter
usually i do a wc every 2 weeks give or take
but im trying to get amm down and thats why im asking this
2.
a few people on here say cleaning the mechanical media "felt and floss" with a garden hose,kills all my BB
"im not saying i dont belive them just curious about the answer"
if most of the bb is in the scrubbies,why is it bad to clean the mechanical media this way?
if the bb in the mech media dies most of the bb is still in the scrubbies right?
3.
i clean my mechanical media when i do "the normal" wc "once every week or 2"
"so really i clean it about twice a month"
is this wrong or normal?the cleaning the mechanical media part
how many times a month do you clean you mechanical media?
also,i do "not" clean my scrubbies
im asking all this cus i
have great filters
do w/c
clean filters
light stocking
light feedings
and yet in the end my water quality is always way off in most of my tanks
this is driving me to the point im getting tired of all the work just to have bad water
any advice?