Water conditions

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Nitrates: less than 20. Ammonia, nitrite: 0. With PH, you want consistency. If it's the same every time you test it, is close to your tap ph, and isn't crazy high or crazy low, you're good.

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Yup. And no problem.

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Overstocking = over filtration and bigger water changes. Some people do weekly changes. Personally I do 2 25% to 30% a week. 50 to 60% every week depending on if I've fed lives foods that week.

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jmolter86 said:
Overstocking = over filtration and bigger water changes. Some people do weekly changes. Personally I do 2 25% to 30% a week. 50 to 60% every week depending on if I've fed lives foods that week.

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Ok I will start a new routine next week doing 2 20% water changes. Thank you. Any certain time in between? When do you normally change your filter media? I would do about every 2-3 weeks....


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Dieboldly said:
Ok I will start a new routine next week doing 2 20% water changes. Thank you. Any certain time in between? When do you normally change your filter media? I would do about every 2-3 weeks....


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I do my water changes Friday and monday. I like to do wc after the weekend because the weekend is when I'm home the most. So the fish get live food and extra food. Then Monday night I'll do a wc and clean up all the fish crap left from eating so much. Friday I do them to clean whatever mess has occurred during the week. I don't like to have guest over on the weekend and have fish crap all over in my tank. Filter pads... I use canister filters. I try not to open them very often. I'll rinse my mechanical filtration off maybe every 6 to 8 weeks. I just keep on eye on my spray bars to see what the water flows like. If it's really low I know I have filter mantanice to do. For bio filtration there is no need to mess with that. I haven't touched any bio filters in probably 2 years.

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Base your water change schedule on nitrate readings. Also, test your tap water for nitrates. If your tank has 40 ppm, and you do a 50% water change, your tank will be at 20 ppm assuming your tap water is 0. More frequent/ larger water changes will result in lower nitrates. Schedule your water changes to keep your nitrates in your target range.

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