I am wondering how much and how often are your water changes and on what size of tank? 10% weekly, 20%, 5% or monthly, bi monthly
Water Changes
- Thread starter Deano1956
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I do about 30% bi-weekly and siphon the gravel in my 220g. I would do more, but the most I can change at once during the winter is a little over 60 gallons, because the way I refill the tank is by filling two 34g trash cans w/ water, then using a pump to get the water into the tank. During the summer, I can just use the water hose and change as much as I want to (usually about 40-50%).
I am starting at 50 gallons weekly on my 860 gallon pond and was just wondering if that will be enough? I checked my water last night and the nitrates were not even 5 and all other stats were good and I havent changed out any water since I got it up and running 7 weeks ago, just added around 100 gallons from evap.
I don't know if this is the right place for this but it has to do with my Ray pool; if you had a choice between an ETSS 1000 or Lifereef VS3-72 skimmer which one would you choose? ETSS is rated for 600 but you can get the extention that will bring it up to 1200 gallons and of course a bigger pump or the VS3 which is rated for 1500 gallons but doesnt need a pressure pump therefore using less electricity. These are both used btw and the etss is 200 w/o pump as with the Vs3 only its 250 and 750 mile away and hoping for someone going by that area to bring it with them.