Brucey
Well-Known Member
OK Chaps, just want everybody's advice on this please.
I've always been a great believer in water changes. I've seen some systems that have full SPS populations, dozens of fish and yet haven't had a water change in years. The general rule of thumb tends to be . . . change approx 10-20% of your water volume per month. I'm a big believer in this although I have never "NOT" done a water change in a period of approx 6 weeks so wouldn't know what would happen if I stopped.
Anyway, the bottom line I'm trying to get at, is how much do people believe is neccessary to replace each month and what advantages do you see to different methods. For example, I've tried two different methods. I change 30% (50Gallons) of my water once a month. If I change it all at once I'm happier because I'm throwing away exactly 50gallons of Nitrates build up, Phosphates etc but my SPS's all react to the change in overall water parameters . . . . but if I do it slowly so the corals don't react your not pulling out as much "overall" bad water
Anyway, just chucking some idea's around
Brucey
I've always been a great believer in water changes. I've seen some systems that have full SPS populations, dozens of fish and yet haven't had a water change in years. The general rule of thumb tends to be . . . change approx 10-20% of your water volume per month. I'm a big believer in this although I have never "NOT" done a water change in a period of approx 6 weeks so wouldn't know what would happen if I stopped.
Anyway, the bottom line I'm trying to get at, is how much do people believe is neccessary to replace each month and what advantages do you see to different methods. For example, I've tried two different methods. I change 30% (50Gallons) of my water once a month. If I change it all at once I'm happier because I'm throwing away exactly 50gallons of Nitrates build up, Phosphates etc but my SPS's all react to the change in overall water parameters . . . . but if I do it slowly so the corals don't react your not pulling out as much "overall" bad water
Anyway, just chucking some idea's around
Brucey