im gonna be setting up a 350 in next couple months with Neptune dailey water changes' ill be running a refugium with skimmer and bio pellet reactor what would be the recommended daily water change? ill be using my old rock dried and cured with no bio load for a while obviously
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Greg P
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Personally, I'd not bother with any filtration or much lighting for many months, or water changes, until your tank starts to mature.
A 'fuge, skimmer and bio pellet reactor are all geared towards removing nutrients, and you won't have any to worry about for some time ... until you start upping the bioload.
Give us more info about your stocking plans
A 'fuge, skimmer and bio pellet reactor are all geared towards removing nutrients, and you won't have any to worry about for some time ... until you start upping the bioload.
Give us more info about your stocking plans
I am a conceptual fan of daily WC. When it comes to practical application... I am still on the fence about it. I have my biweekly WC process pretty dialed in now.
Well the "conventional" WC amount is 20% every two weeks. So that comes out to 36% per month (because the second WC removes "new water" from the prior change).
So if we assume you want to match convention, you should do 1.5% (5.25 units) each day for a total of ~128 units per month to turn over 36% each month.
Daily WCs compound a bit, meaning you will be mixing more water in total. Unless that 350 liter tank, you better get a big barrel. And make sure that DOS pump is really up to this volume task. I attach a quick and dirty spreadsheet if you want to play around or double check my calcs.
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I think 1% daily is a fine plan.
