When do you do your water change?

Cartman89 · 06-12-2006, 12:46 PM

Just wondering. I do mine every week, 10%.

BoomerD · 06-12-2006, 01:05 PM

My goal was always to do between 10% and 25% weekly. Sometimes work interfered, and they'd have to go 2-3 weeks, but that was the exception, rather than the rule.

Woodstock · 06-12-2006, 01:08 PM

Every weekend... make ro/di on Saturday, mix the salt and stir with a pump for 24 hrs, then do the water change Sunday evening. I sometimes go 2 weeks but not very often. I do a 20 gal (ro/di) change on my 90 gal reef and a 10 gal (tap water) change on my 30 cube pony tank.

Shells · 06-12-2006, 01:08 PM

I try and do mine about every week to week and a half. depending on work
mostly.

Eric · 06-12-2006, 01:30 PM

Every once a month

hehe. I do 5 gallon water change on a 90 gallon weekly.

lcstorc · 06-12-2006, 01:44 PM

Right now 20% a week but I am about to cut back to every other week.

billyr98 · 06-12-2006, 03:15 PM

I was going 6 weeks... then 4 weeks and now I am doing 2 weeks...

No trace of nitrates but its a good habit!

About 55-70g Water Change... (30%) when every 4 weeks..

Now trying to do about 35-45 gallons..

Gina · 06-12-2006, 04:46 PM

We do a 25-30% water change every two weeks.

Cougra · 06-12-2006, 06:48 PM

I try to do one every week or so. Occassionally I've missed a week because of vacations or other commitments when I ment to do the water change.

cheeks69 · 06-12-2006, 07:53 PM

My WC schedule has changed many times. I used to do 15-25% weekly depending on how much i fed, then I went went down to 10% then I went 7 months with no WC's and now I'm doing about 10% weekly.

pyro627 · 06-12-2006, 08:22 PM

I do a 25% water change every 4 weeks but am thinking about dropping to every 2 weeks

roadrunner1659 · 06-14-2006, 11:16 PM

I do a weekly water change of 10%...around 10 gallons or so on my total volume of 50 gallons!

...generally i make about 10-12 gallons of ro/di water and then i do as woodstock does, just on different days! haha!

Witfull · 06-16-2006, 06:25 AM

/me sends RR back to math class~

Charlie97L · 06-16-2006, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witfull

/me sends RR back to math class~

hahah.

billyr98 · 06-16-2006, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witfull

/me sends RR back to math class~

hahaha

View Poll Results: When do you do your water changes?
Every week	42	45.65%
Every 2 weeks	25	27.17%
Every once a month	17	18.48%
Whenever I don't feel lazy	8	8.70%
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06-12-2006, 12:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cartman89 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Branson, MO Posts: 659 View Gallery Karma Komment	When do you do your water change? Just wondering. I do mine every week, 10%.

06-12-2006, 01:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,634 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? My goal was always to do between 10% and 25% weekly. Sometimes work interfered, and they'd have to go 2-3 weeks, but that was the exception, rather than the rule. __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

06-12-2006, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,007 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: When do you do your water change? Every weekend... make ro/di on Saturday, mix the salt and stir with a pump for 24 hrs, then do the water change Sunday evening. I sometimes go 2 weeks but not very often. I do a 20 gal (ro/di) change on my 90 gal reef and a 10 gal (tap water) change on my 30 cube pony tank. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

06-12-2006, 01:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shells Sea Pen Join Date: May 2005 Location: Biloxi, MS Posts: 309 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? I try and do mine about every week to week and a half. depending on work mostly.

06-12-2006, 01:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Eric Neon dottyback Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 685 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? Every once a month hehe. I do 5 gallon water change on a 90 gallon weekly. __________________ I'm the Reefer formally known as EEK http://www.exoticanimalforums.com/index.php

06-12-2006, 01:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,890 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: When do you do your water change? Right now 20% a week but I am about to cut back to every other week. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

06-12-2006, 03:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
billyr98 Reefing Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 5,400 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: When do you do your water change? I was going 6 weeks... then 4 weeks and now I am doing 2 weeks... No trace of nitrates but its a good habit! About 55-70g Water Change... (30%) when every 4 weeks.. Now trying to do about 35-45 gallons.. __________________ Billyr98 -=NJRC Treasurer=- My 450g Reef Tank ~~~ Its HERE!!!

06-12-2006, 04:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,824 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? We do a 25-30% water change every two weeks. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

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Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? I try to do one every week or so. Occassionally I've missed a week because of vacations or other commitments when I ment to do the water change. __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

06-12-2006, 07:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,650 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? My WC schedule has changed many times. I used to do 15-25% weekly depending on how much i fed, then I went went down to 10% then I went 7 months with no WC's and now I'm doing about 10% weekly. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

06-12-2006, 08:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
pyro627 Fire Coral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? I do a 25% water change every 4 weeks but am thinking about dropping to every 2 weeks

06-14-2006, 11:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
roadrunner1659 Plate Coral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Medford, NJ Posts: 734 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: When do you do your water change? I do a weekly water change of 10%...around 10 gallons or so on my total volume of 50 gallons! ...generally i make about 10-12 gallons of ro/di water and then i do as woodstock does, just on different days! haha!

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