Water changes
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Changing the water isnt bad in itself, just be careful if you are going on vacation, or change from doing it 5 days to less. Reason being, beneficial bacteria colonies in your filter can only expand if they are receiving proper nutrition also, which in there case is the ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. So if you all of a sudden change up this pattern, your colonies might not be able to keep up with the waste your fish produce. If you have no problem keeping up with this, and doing that much work, your fish should grow faster and be healthier!
ar0wan;4893468; said:
there won't be a ph swing , when you change the water that often the parameters stay the same as what they come out the tap as long as your not using any buffers. i do a 30% change every day or two and my ph never fluctuates
Before I had a designated qt tank setup , I qt'd fish in large coolers doing 40% daily changes with no filters. Pita but it worked. I used rigorous aeration during the whole qt process.
Problem is, you have to do it in a way they doesn't stress the fish, which is a challenge. If you have a functioning biofilter, it's probably a bit excessive to change as much as you are. Just my opinion
Problem is, you have to do it in a way they doesn't stress the fish, which is a challenge. If you have a functioning biofilter, it's probably a bit excessive to change as much as you are. Just my opinion
it's not going to hurt your fish. imo it's just not needed. I have wild discus and do a 50% every four days. give yourself more time to sit back and enjoy you tank.
Do you test for Nitrate?
Because I don't see the point in that much water change as long as your nitrate is < 40ppm or even better, < 20 ppm
Speaking in terms of the hobby, there is nothing wrong with changing too much water. But environmentally speaking, you are wasting water. Just because water bill is cheap doesn't mean you should waste it (im not saying its wrong). Water is a precious resource. In many poor countries, people could only afford about 5 cups of water a day, I've been there before.
Base on my calculation, you change about 187g of water every week. If you can achieve > 20ppm nitrate with just 50% water change weekly, that would be 112g (1952 cups) of clean, drinkable water saved.
Science state that a healthy human require an average of 8 cups of water a day. 112g can support 34 people for 1 week
Because I don't see the point in that much water change as long as your nitrate is < 40ppm or even better, < 20 ppm
Speaking in terms of the hobby, there is nothing wrong with changing too much water. But environmentally speaking, you are wasting water. Just because water bill is cheap doesn't mean you should waste it (im not saying its wrong). Water is a precious resource. In many poor countries, people could only afford about 5 cups of water a day, I've been there before.
Base on my calculation, you change about 187g of water every week. If you can achieve > 20ppm nitrate with just 50% water change weekly, that would be 112g (1952 cups) of clean, drinkable water saved.
Science state that a healthy human require an average of 8 cups of water a day. 112g can support 34 people for 1 week
i never viewed it that way, i guess if its not necessary don't do it. Thank you all for the help. my new project is filtration upgrade i feel like it doesn't clean as much as id like. i was looking at fx5s and eheim pros any thought in what i should go with. I would be running it with a ehiem 2215 classic.
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