WATER CHANGES: How much/often?
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I use my wifes cooking therm. to test for temp. works well, but if she finds out......look out.
I do a 20% change 0f my 90 gal, once every 10 days. And diatom after each change!
I do a 20% change 0f my 90 gal, once every 10 days. And diatom after each change!
With most big predatory fish, change as much as your time and finances allow. Obviously, there is a stress factor, but if sensitive fish like discus can adapt to daily water changes, our predators will be fine.
Even clean, well filtered aquarium water is INCREDIBLY filthy compared to natural bodies of water. This is true for nearly all aquariums including super high dollar low nutrient reef tanks. Think about stocking densities. The solution to pollution is dilution, and our relatively tiny tanks are very concentrated.
I've been doing 50%/day, but would like to cut back a little in part because of my water and gas (water heater) bills.
Even clean, well filtered aquarium water is INCREDIBLY filthy compared to natural bodies of water. This is true for nearly all aquariums including super high dollar low nutrient reef tanks. Think about stocking densities. The solution to pollution is dilution, and our relatively tiny tanks are very concentrated.
I've been doing 50%/day, but would like to cut back a little in part because of my water and gas (water heater) bills.
I change 30 Gal in a 125 once per week. I have Africans, and the water out of my tap is about 7.8+ PH. I do it with 5 gal. buckets, and add 1/2 teaspoon of Am-quel+ and Stress-coat to each bucket. My nitrates never go above 10PPM. I do a partial gravel vac. each time I change water, and rinse all my foam filters each time. Parameters stay fairly constant, new water is added at about 78 F.
Chris
Chris
I use 55 gal plastic drums. They originally had soda pop syrup in them. I have three of them. I rinse them out really well first. Then I connect them with big clear plastic tubes. I like to age the water several days. I have heat and air for them. I can easily change water peramiters to match the tanks. I can safely drain the water down to just above the fish. Then I sart to add water while still pulling water from the other end of the tank. This can easily be a 100% water change. The fish love it. My only problem is the smaller fish try to swim up my incoming water hose. I like to do it weekly.
