What do you think

[Ripp]

Have 125 gallon tank i am replacing 2 to 3 gallons of water every day due to evap....no leaks have been checking....should i still be worrying about water changes

 

[Spare time]

That depends on what your nitrates and phosphates are along with if you have some export method

 

[Ripp]

At this point I really don't have much of a bioload on the tank it's growing weekly but everything just seems to be spot-on phosphate is still showing 0 got a little algae growing in the tank.

 

[sixty_reefer]

At this point I really don't have much of a bioload on the tank it's growing weekly but everything just seems to be spot-on phosphate is still showing 0 got a little algae growing in the tank.

What water you using to top up? Salt or fresh, the 0 phosphate is worrying, probably best to bring that up to 0.03

 

[Ripp]

Going and getting some Critters tonight

 

[Ripp]

What water you using to top up? Salt or fresh, the 0 phosphate is worrying, probably best to bring that up to 0.03

Using r o d i I make it here where my water disappears my salt levels go up so I have to pretty much you do it daily

 

[HCl+NaHO=]

Have 125 gallon tank i am replacing 2 to 3 gallons of water every day due to evap....no leaks have been checking....should i still be worrying about water changes

I was watching a ReefDudes video

He was interviewing an Female Asian Canadian reefer who seemed to think that evap and top off turnover was synonymous with changing the water

Anyway, I would say that wet skimmate turnover might count

 

[sixty_reefer]

Using r o d i I make it here where my water disappears my salt levels go up so I have to pretty much you do it daily

That’s cool, I would definitely keep up with water changes.

 

[Beardo]

Do water changes as needed. Evaporation replenishment and water changes are completely seperate. With evap only pure water is leaving the tank, none of the constituents that are disolved in the water.

Tank looks nice.

 

[Albertan22]

Have 125 gallon tank i am replacing 2 to 3 gallons of water every day due to evap....no leaks have been checking....should i still be worrying about water changes

Adding RODI water as topoff does not do the same thing as a water change. When your water evaporates it leaves behind all the nutrients, contaminants, etc. In fact, it concentrates them. Also, the top off water you are putting in should be pure and therefore will not replenish calcium, alkalinity, magnesium or trace elements. You therefore still need to do water changes (or some other method like Triton) to export the bad stuff and replenish the good stuff.