Davidwissman85 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I personally do a 5gal water change weekly on my CLBC29. What about everyone else? Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 New tank i'm doing 5G a week on my 25G Lagoon. Link to comment
Mariaface Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 20-30% water change either every two weeks, or when I hate myself for slacking (3-4 weeks). I'm trying to get back into the habit I'm also worried that aqua vitro salinity mix may not sit well for a week if I split the water between two changes. Maybe I can keep RO/DI water in another container and add it to the mixing bucket when needed? Hmmm. Link to comment
geonator Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 3 Gallons weekly on my biocube 14 Link to comment
smeagol108 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 2.5 gallons every ten days to three weeks on my 16 gallon. Every once in a while (2 months or so) drain complete except for enough room for clownfish to flop and refill with new water. Link to comment
GMay Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 gallon a day on my system of ~70 gallons. Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Currently Thursday 10pm I put my RODI water in a 5 gallon bucket to a mark I made, add salt Thursday When that's done I turn on heater, pump and let it sit Friday I get home from work around 5pm - check salinity - add/remove salt/water Friday around 530pm I start siphon of tank to dirty 5 Gallon bucket to same mark I made on salt mix bucket Friday around 535 I use the hose from syphon, bring to pump outlet and it pumps now new saltwater and the pump does all the work... I poor the remaining .5 gallon in the tanks top. So I guess I do it weekly to answer the question more accurately. I have a biocube 29G and do 5 Gallon weekly. Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 right now, I'm changing out 10 gallons weekly on my 66. Since with the sump, total water volume is around 75 gallons, it ends up being between 10-15%. Link to comment
lallen_74 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 gallon every two or three days in my Nuvo 10G. It's a new tank, so I may eventually dwindle to 10-15% per week. Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 2.5gal on Nuvo 10 every five days and extra when I feel like it. Nitrates are usually between 5-10ppm if I wait for 10days to come. Link to comment
Themerchant Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I do a 5g change every week on my 24g Link to comment
Davidwissman85 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 So over all, we are all averaging a 10-15% change every week... Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I just do whatever I have time for... I'm horrible!! Link to comment
olemanwinter Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I do about 5% every 2 weeks. Link to comment
Sunstar Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 gallon once a week, with two 1l after feeds. for a 10 gallon Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 meh..On my 34 when I remember sometimes 8 months,10 gallons and thats really done just to clean out the back AIO chambers of crap.. My 8 I will swap out 5 gallons every few months. I really have no Idea why I do it or understand the point of it. Just seems like the right thing to do and the general census on the forums seems to be do water changes.. With a good skimmer and filtration it kinda seems pointless. I am dumping new fresh RODI water in the tanks on the daily. The filtration is pulling the nasty out. I really don't think they are as important as people think they are. Yeah if your running a filterless pico by all means do regular changes. Other than that If you replace what is being taken from your water with dosing your golden. Hell hasnt opened up and crashed my tank cause I dont obey the water change rules Link to comment
Rural Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 So over all, we are all averaging a 10-15% change every week... i did 10-20% daily for 1 month when i was having issues that fixed them now 18% weekly to every other week. Link to comment
D3monic Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I just do whatever I have time for... I'm horrible!! This! I just did my first water change on the fw shrimp tank in over a year. My reef tank is showing the neglect right now so i've been trying to do better by it and have been hitting it for 5-10g a week right now on my 28gal Link to comment
EquinsuOcha Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 meh..On my 34 when I remember sometimes 8 months,10 gallons and thats really done just to clean out the back AIO chambers of crap.. My 8 I will swap out 5 gallons every few months. I really have no Idea why I do it or understand the point of it. Just seems like the right thing to do and the general census on the forums seems to be do water changes.. With a good skimmer and filtration it kinda seems pointless. I am dumping new fresh RODI water in the tanks on the daily. The filtration is pulling the nasty out. I really don't think they are as important as people think they are. Yeah if your running a filterless pico by all means do regular changes. Other than that If you replace what is being taken from your water with dosing your golden. Hell hasnt opened up and crashed my tank cause I dont obey the water change rules I have no argument for this and I like it... I few years ago I didn't do water changes on my 75G bowfront for almost a year, just top off and it was a very successful tank. Link to comment
jtgrimes Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 5 gallon water change every week on my 20 gallon long. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sometimes a random 25%, sometimes 10% every other week. Link to comment
Sunstar Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I have no argument for this and I like it... I few years ago I didn't do water changes on my 75G bowfront for almost a year, just top off and it was a very successful tank. Might be less probematic on an RODI base tank as opposed to tap, since adding water includes more and more junk. . Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 25% once a month is the goal with my new tank. Link to comment
uwdanno Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm currently doing 5-10% every day on my 20 gal. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 What's a water change? Link to comment
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