Rini
Well-Known Member
Hello,
At the moment I have a Max c-250. In that tank basically are most frags of corals.
Fish:
In that tank there are some fish living. Yellow tang, few chromis, few shrimps, cleaner fish, couple clowns.
Yellow goby with his shrimp. 2 red ruby dragonets, and a Centropyge bispinosa.
Since the beginning i started with the tank I followed the red sea program.
First the reef mature program (21 days). And after that the red sea reef care program.
My nitrate and phosphate stays pretty stable.
Nitrate around 2.
Phosphate around 0,06
First I did a water change every week, and noticed that I was the whole week dosing reef foundation A & B & C to keep it on the right levels, following red sea here.
When it was "good" a water change came, and the proces started over. Dosing again to get the numbers correct.
By then i thought, let me go for a biweekly water change (what i'm still doing at this moment). Means that i change an 20 liter now per 2 weeks. The first week after the water change i'm dosing or adjusting to get the right numbers. The 2nd week everything is ok. Then a water change, and I can start adjusting again.
What i noticed is, before a water change my nitrate is mostly still around / lower as2, and after it is still around or lower as 2.
Same for phosphate. The difference is very low at least. if there are any differences. Using red sea testers btw.
Whole story, sorry for that. The question basically is. People using the red sea reef care program how many times do they water changes.
I'm to noob to see when a water change should be done. I rely on water testers. Even then I do not know when to do a water change. Now i just do it 2 times a month basically. I know some people by just watching the tank and see ok i should do a water change. I'm far far very far from that point.
Sorry if there is an topic like this around, did search but could not find any.
Thanks in advance.
At the moment I have a Max c-250. In that tank basically are most frags of corals.
Fish:
In that tank there are some fish living. Yellow tang, few chromis, few shrimps, cleaner fish, couple clowns.
Yellow goby with his shrimp. 2 red ruby dragonets, and a Centropyge bispinosa.
Since the beginning i started with the tank I followed the red sea program.
First the reef mature program (21 days). And after that the red sea reef care program.
My nitrate and phosphate stays pretty stable.
Nitrate around 2.
Phosphate around 0,06
First I did a water change every week, and noticed that I was the whole week dosing reef foundation A & B & C to keep it on the right levels, following red sea here.
When it was "good" a water change came, and the proces started over. Dosing again to get the numbers correct.
By then i thought, let me go for a biweekly water change (what i'm still doing at this moment). Means that i change an 20 liter now per 2 weeks. The first week after the water change i'm dosing or adjusting to get the right numbers. The 2nd week everything is ok. Then a water change, and I can start adjusting again.
What i noticed is, before a water change my nitrate is mostly still around / lower as2, and after it is still around or lower as 2.
Same for phosphate. The difference is very low at least. if there are any differences. Using red sea testers btw.
Whole story, sorry for that. The question basically is. People using the red sea reef care program how many times do they water changes.
I'm to noob to see when a water change should be done. I rely on water testers. Even then I do not know when to do a water change. Now i just do it 2 times a month basically. I know some people by just watching the tank and see ok i should do a water change. I'm far far very far from that point.
Sorry if there is an topic like this around, did search but could not find any.
Thanks in advance.