A Water Change A Day...
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The tank was gorgeous. Til a seem let loose a few months ago. And he lost almost everything in it
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That's horrible!!
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I bought my refractometer from Marine Depot also, when it reads 1.025 my old IO swing arm will read 1.026
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Water change #7.
Using Reef Crystals to answer the question.
After doing some inspecting I think I'm gonna have to work a round of siphoning in to remove detritus from my 50 gallon. Been a while so makes sense.
Using Reef Crystals to answer the question.
After doing some inspecting I think I'm gonna have to work a round of siphoning in to remove detritus from my 50 gallon. Been a while so makes sense.
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I have a 90g tank with a 15g sump. I change 3g every 3 days. I have been doing this for a few months. While i am still in the experimental phase it is easier than a large change. I am currently looking to increase the sump capacity, and to increase water changes to 5g every 3 days. Gotta love to experiment.
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Matt, in response to your morning and night changes, can you see your self doing this as a permanent process?
I worry that these daily water changes may change the character of the tank and once (for any reason) we revert to our original routine - it will have a negative impact.
I believe this is a great practice only if it can be maintained long term.
I change 5 gal every 3 days and it helps maintain happy corals and fish.
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Well, I haven't managed to pull off a morning and a night water change in the same day yet so the jury will remain out on that topic.
Water changes are not like dosing as you can only get to 100% of any level (and in practice, not really even that), so no I don't think there will be any unusual side-effects to slacking off - just the usual ones! LOL
I think you have to look at the long term as an average, or every missed water change is a failure. (No point in that.) So, on a 7 day week, I'm only shooting for 5 water changes. Not very consistent, except as an average over the long term, right? At the same time, I have two "extra" days in the week where I can do bonus water changes, or that I can use to make up for "skip days" during the week. Also not very consistent, except over the long term.
I'm just hoping one-a-day continues working out.....I was basically doing no water changes before.
-Matt
Water changes are not like dosing as you can only get to 100% of any level (and in practice, not really even that), so no I don't think there will be any unusual side-effects to slacking off - just the usual ones! LOL
I think you have to look at the long term as an average, or every missed water change is a failure. (No point in that.) So, on a 7 day week, I'm only shooting for 5 water changes. Not very consistent, except as an average over the long term, right? At the same time, I have two "extra" days in the week where I can do bonus water changes, or that I can use to make up for "skip days" during the week. Also not very consistent, except over the long term.
I'm just hoping one-a-day continues working out.....I was basically doing no water changes before.
-Matt
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I haven't noticed that anyone has mentioned that doing three 5 gallon changes is NOT equivalent to doing a single 15 gallon change. You all understand that right? If you had a ten gallon tank and did a single ten gallon change you would have changed 100% of the original water. If you did 10 one gallon changes what percentage of the original water would be left? I believe the answer is 35% or 3.5 gallons. My engineering may be a little rusty but you get the point that you could theoretically do small water changes forever and never achieve a 100% turnover.
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Whoops! Yeah that's it alright. Shouldn't be doing this when I should be working lol.
It's a good point!!
