water changes
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Glenner’sreef
2500 Club Member
My advice to everyone is to treat your decisions as a science experiment. What are the results of your decisions after you test your tank waters quality? Start asking yourself every logical question: what’s my bio-load? Do I feed too much, do I feed too little? Why are Nitrates 10? Why are my Nitrates 180? Why do I struggle with algae? Etc. etc. Cause and effect is alway present. There is an answer for every reefing issue. You will find it. Good luck.
Azedenkae
Valuable Member
I agree with @Glenner’sreef, though maybe I'll go into a bit more detail.
The thing is, some people do not ever do water changes, while others do a lot, and it entirely depends on their setup. So the question is yeah, what is your setup, how is everything doing, and what are your plans re: feeding, dosing, etc.?
PeterC99
Solarbenchmark.com
Many different techniques work well for many different reefers. Your mileage will vary... Also - Acceptable is a subjective term.
Question - why this particular change rate/time line? Maybe understanding your requirements will help everyone understand what you are trying to accomplish.
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Mr. Mojo Rising
7500 Club Member
anything is acceptable on your own tank, sometimes I do water changes just cause I'm bored. But as mentioned above, the when of doing water changes is not nearly as important as the why.
Gtinnel
10K Club member
For me personally only doing a 30% water change in 8 weeks is too little, and I'd also try to avoid changing that much water at one time for fear of parameter swings, if I don't have my new water perfectly match the tank, unless removing something specific from the water was the goal.
I just did the math and in 8 weeks I change 80% but at just under 1.5% per day with an AWC.
I just did the math and in 8 weeks I change 80% but at just under 1.5% per day with an AWC.
