before i moved i wasnt allowed to do much water changes, so now that i got my own pad ( apt ) free water ( hot water is on elec ) how much water change should i do a week?
water changes??
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From what i have read here at MFK, 25-50 % of your total tank volume should be changed out weekly. However, 25% should be sufficient as long as your water parameters are good. For my tank, I do a 40-50% water changes a week since my tank is in my garage and I siphon my tank water to my grass. It definitely is nice to have free water...
so with:
1 jack D
4 FM
6 pink cons(selling 4 )
2 black cons
how much should i do a week? tank is a 75 gallon
1 jack D
4 FM
6 pink cons(selling 4 )
2 black cons
how much should i do a week? tank is a 75 gallon
I think a lot of it depends on the sizes of your fish and how much you feed them. The general consensus is 25- 50% weekly. The more stocked and how much you feed them, I would def lean more to more % a week.
When I kept a stocked s. cichlid tank, I usually did 50% every two weeks. I always personally thought that 50% WC in such a short period of time would be too much... but that just me.. MY 50% WC biweekly worked great and my fish thrived...Hope this helps
When I kept a stocked s. cichlid tank, I usually did 50% every two weeks. I always personally thought that 50% WC in such a short period of time would be too much... but that just me.. MY 50% WC biweekly worked great and my fish thrived...Hope this helps
If your going to go through all the trouble, you might as well do 40%-60% when your doing a water change. Especially since the water is free!