"Old Tank syndrome" is understood.. but not 100%.. we have enough of an idea of the whys and hows of the ammonia/mineral/ect but little knowledge of the entire toxic soup. Again, as usual Nitrates take a less important roll. But are they really so innocent? For all one knows the NItrate levels may control how fast the ammonia toxifies or how it's coverted ect to begin with.
Organic Build-up not debris are similar yet not. For example why do SW tanks run protein skimmers? to "clean up" microscopic organic matter in the water. FW tanks rarely if ever employee a similar technique. Most FW tank owners just do a water change. Syphoning out the debris one can see with the nakid eye is deffinately a good way to avoid excessive nitrification in your tank. But how do you remove the Organics in a FW tank that we can't "pick out"?.. all the end product of the nitrificatoin process in creating Nitrates in a tank.
while your 25% x2 may be inferior on a pure nitrate basis to a 50% WC which one removed more "Toxins" from the water ? I'm guessing your numbers would be the opposite... So the correct answer is..
" You can never do to many water changes"
Organic Build-up not debris are similar yet not. For example why do SW tanks run protein skimmers? to "clean up" microscopic organic matter in the water. FW tanks rarely if ever employee a similar technique. Most FW tank owners just do a water change. Syphoning out the debris one can see with the nakid eye is deffinately a good way to avoid excessive nitrification in your tank. But how do you remove the Organics in a FW tank that we can't "pick out"?.. all the end product of the nitrificatoin process in creating Nitrates in a tank.
while your 25% x2 may be inferior on a pure nitrate basis to a 50% WC which one removed more "Toxins" from the water ? I'm guessing your numbers would be the opposite... So the correct answer is..
" You can never do to many water changes"
