10% water change after 2 years

[roggy23]

My tank is fine. I was wondering is there any benefit to doing a 10% water change after not doing a single water change for about 2 years?

 

[Waters]

Only if the water chemistry requires it. High nutrients, missing trace elements, or trying to remove a toxin? If so, then yes it will benefit...if not, then no

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Depends on what is in that water.

 

[Garf]

My tank is fine. I was wondering is there any benefit to doing a 10% water change after not doing a single water change for about 2 years?

Stick a pic of the tank up?

 

[roggy23]

Stick a pic of the tank up?

 

[Uncle99]

2 years….wow…Id change nothing.
If it didn’t happen in two years, likely is not about to start.

 

[VintageReefer]

2 years….wow…Id change nothing.
If it didn’t happen in two years, likely is not about to start.

I haven’t done an formal “siphon water out, replace with new sw” in probably 8 years.

I do lose water from acclimating fish and corals and need to replenish with new sw occasionally. I do replace evap with fw top off. If your parameters (trace included) are good, fish and corals healthy then I don’t see why you would need to do one

 

[roggy23]

2 years….wow…Id change nothing.
If it didn’t happen in two years, likely is not about to start.

Closeup of my splitting anemones

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

For most possible issues with the existing water, I would not assume one 10% change will make much difference.

On the other hand, doing it and seeing the result in your specific tank is worth more than a dozen different predictions.

 

[roggy23]

For most possible issues with the existing water, I would not assume one 10% change will make much difference.

On the other hand, doing it and seeing the result in your specific tank is worth more than a dozen different predictions.

I just don’t wanna waste time, water, salt if a 10% does nothing lol

 

[Devinstanks]

It’s really cool to see someone else’s S1000 and what they chose to do. I just got mine the beginning of this year and I’m not set on my rock work 100% yet, but this is the current status. I didn’t get it all cleaned up for the pictures but here is mine now. I’m clearly a bit more into fish than corals but it is nice to see what mine could be in a couple of years through yours.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I just don’t wanna waste time, water, salt if a 10% does nothing lol

In a lot of reef chemistry decisions, trying something and seeing the effect is the best way to know if something is useful.

 

[Uncle99]

Closeup of my splitting anemones

Very nice.

 

[roggy23]

It’s really cool to see someone else’s S1000 and what they chose to do. I just got mine the beginning of this year and I’m not set on my rock work 100% yet, but this is the current status. I didn’t get it all cleaned up for the pictures but here is mine now. I’m clearly a bit more into fish than corals but it is nice to see what mine could be in a couple of years through yours.

Gorgeous tank… mine is not a s1000 it’s a 180 rimless by. Rystal dynamics and the stand is the aluminum steel stuff and I just added the cabinets

 

[Devinstanks]

Gorgeous tank… mine is not a s1000 it’s a 180 rimless by. Rystal dynamics and the stand is the aluminum steel stuff and I just added the cabinets

Oh ok. My mistake. It looks almost the exact same as mine. Yours is awesome either way. Keep it up!