| Re: theories of water changes.
with the talk of not doing waterchanges....can this be a good thing? possibly. those with DSB's, alot of things get locked into sand. trace elements for example, many of these are heavy metals. copper, magnesium, nickel, iron etc...now sand adsorbs them, and are bound in the matrix of bacteria. as the depth of the sand increases, the pH of this water also decreases, this disolves the sand and releases whatever is bound within/around it.
could it be said that waterchanges, continuously adding trace elements and a DSB actually can cause and overload ove these?
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Originally Posted by Amphibious  I couldn't agree more on your statement above. With 61 yrs in the hobby, the last 41 yrs in the saltwater end exclusively, I, too, can do things that others should NOT. | |