Water Changes...How Are You Doing Them?

SaltWaterDave · Feb 4, 2012

Just wondering how most of you out there do you water changes. Do you do large volume changes or frequent smaller changes? I used to do larger weekly changes. As of the past 2 months I've been changing smaller amounts 3x per week to see if it has any better results. What do yaw'll think?

Travisw30 · Feb 4, 2012

Yeah I think you on the right track. I too believe smaller water changes are better for your system. I am setting up a dosing system right now to change a gallon a day.

SaltWaterDave · Feb 4, 2012

I have a 75g system currently and change 5g every two days.

btkrausen · Feb 4, 2012

I have about 265gal total and change 40 gal every other week.

fab1971 · Feb 4, 2012

same here. two 5% water changes a week. I read the other day that there was a system that continueosly changes it's water. Wish I had a hook up like that.

Steven R · Feb 4, 2012

I have a 65 gallon and change out 10 gallons per week. On my 29 bio HQI I change 3 gallons per week.

secretreefer · Feb 4, 2012

200G total water volume in my system. I do a 25G water change every 2 months or if i see more algae buildup than usual.

Steven R · Feb 4, 2012

SaltWaterDave said:
I have a 75g system currently and change 5g every two days.

Thats a lot of work your basically mixing almost every day right?

DarkSephiroth · Feb 4, 2012

10G every week from a 80G tank

WrasseSandwich · Feb 4, 2012

5g a week on a 75g

Tabasco1 · Feb 4, 2012

32g total volume on system, changing 4g every 10-14 days. Might change to 2g every week and still make 4g batches, but just only use half of what is made up at a time. But not doing that presently.

tinctorus · Feb 4, 2012

On my RSM130 I typically do 2 1/2 gallon 2-3 times a week, I would much rather do more smaller water changes than less frequent larger ones as it lessens the chance of shock if something happens to be off