Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
understood ^
understood ^
I used to have a half dozen Macropharyngodon and a DSB
understood ^
I used to have a half dozen Macropharyngodon and a DSB
Any way to get away with not doing water changes?
- Thread starter whatnot45
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No water changes since 2004
It don't seems quite empy to me...
https://youtu.be/pQAA-JSurf4
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
It don't seems quite empy to me...
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
jason2459
Well-known member
Just the large SPS started in 2012?
nanomania
New member
https://youtu.be/x0R7-xrnpes
The best tank ever with sps and giant clam that runs without a skimmer nor ats.
The best tank ever with sps and giant clam that runs without a skimmer nor ats.
blasterman789
New member
I know this issue has a lot of strong, passionate opinions involved, but I still insist that using water changes, if for all other reasons, as a basic method to export excessive nitrate then you are clearly doing it wrong.
Simply from an ethical standpoint if you tank and ecology can't handle the amount of garbage you are dumping into it then you need to decrease your bioload, and/or incorporate more organisms that can fixate nitrogen.
Simply from an ethical standpoint if you tank and ecology can't handle the amount of garbage you are dumping into it then you need to decrease your bioload, and/or incorporate more organisms that can fixate nitrogen.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Nitrate isn't even a concern for many of us.
I haven't tested nitrates in over a decade in my personal reef aquarium.
I think the concern here is depletion of critical major and minor elements.
I think glenn and Ehsan Dashti would agree with this statement
I haven't tested nitrates in over a decade in my personal reef aquarium.
I think the concern here is depletion of critical major and minor elements.
I think glenn and Ehsan Dashti would agree with this statement
nanomania
New member
Youtube has loads of tanks with no water changes, no skimmer , no ats and no refugium too, jus a giant canister filter... i guess normal bioload, and a good size refugium shud do the job, or if using a canister, jus by maintaining it monthly shud work too. checkout sally joe's bullet proof method too.. dsb also helps.
All sps were grown from frags 3-5cm
Started sps stocking in q1 2012
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
Nitrate isn't even a concern for many of us.
I haven't tested nitrates in over a decade in my personal reef aquarium.
I think the concern here is depletion of critical major and minor elements.
I think glenn and Ehsan Dashti would agree with this statement
I agree
When you're strugling with excess nutrients, you really need to evaluate what you're doing wrong... the first hurdle.
It's all about the understanding of water chemistry and dynamics in your reeftank.
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
You make me very curious and i am willing to learn more about them... any links/examples?
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
nanomania
New member
Just type skimmerless reef on youtube and google, most of them use a canister filter... many say it becomes a nitrate factory, but u use a huge size canister like fluval fx6 or eheim 2260, this shudnt be any prob.
Also if u have heard about marco haaga's reef, he says that no3 doesnt cause any harm to corals.. here is the link:
https://************.com/2011/01/04/sreef-stunning-skimmerless-reef-tank-marko-haga/
Also when i had gone to singapore to see reef farm, they had really high no3 and never tested for it.. majority of the tanks had sps growing... had tangs in all the tank...
vikinglord13
New member
Ahh, nano I clicked on your link and it didn't work. Fortunately, I found this article about a week ago. For those of you interested in Marko's tank, he doesn't have a skimmer and does about a 10% monthly water change. Personally, that's a goal of mine as I would prefer to not have a skimmer.
I recently watched a youtube video where the poster (I think TheFishTankDoc) said that it's good to do minor water changes so trace elements don't skyrocket. He advocated for dosing trace elements (because he had recent experience with dulling of color). He does 5% weekly WC.
I think on an ethical standpoint if reefers can get away with doing no waterchanges (props to Glenn!) then they should. Personally, my goal is to perform minimal waterchanges and just dose trace elements. I'm still in the learning phase, so we'll see if I ever get there. Since my goal is to also have a skimmerless system, I might never get there. Though, I have seen effective gravel-siphoning methods that don't require one to actually remove the water. I'm hoping to learn much from other experienced reefers and from my own experience.
I recently watched a youtube video where the poster (I think TheFishTankDoc) said that it's good to do minor water changes so trace elements don't skyrocket. He advocated for dosing trace elements (because he had recent experience with dulling of color). He does 5% weekly WC.
I think on an ethical standpoint if reefers can get away with doing no waterchanges (props to Glenn!) then they should. Personally, my goal is to perform minimal waterchanges and just dose trace elements. I'm still in the learning phase, so we'll see if I ever get there. Since my goal is to also have a skimmerless system, I might never get there. Though, I have seen effective gravel-siphoning methods that don't require one to actually remove the water. I'm hoping to learn much from other experienced reefers and from my own experience.
My litte oceans
All of them without water chances.
Most tank without WC Don't come anywhere near these results they say.
The are probably right...Because most just ommit WC, without doing anything else to compesate for it.
that's bound to go downhill and the result may be limited so low fish population, softcorals, zoanthus and a few lps.
Dymico nps
Dymico sps starting - 2months
Dutch Synthetic Reefing
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
All of them without water chances.
Most tank without WC Don't come anywhere near these results they say.
The are probably right...Because most just ommit WC, without doing anything else to compesate for it.
that's bound to go downhill and the result may be limited so low fish population, softcorals, zoanthus and a few lps.
Dymico nps
Dymico sps starting - 2months
Dutch Synthetic Reefing
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
jason2459
Well-known member
You absolutely are and anyone wanting to stop or drastically reduce water changes you are the one I point to as who to follow.Haha.. so i must be doing doing something right
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
Two years with no water changes on this system, 3 years with no water changes on the previous tank. Both SPS-dominant. I wanted to join the party. [emoji4]
https://youtu.be/zSLWq1DDKGo
I'm not just keeping easy SPS either, got some echinatas, "dragons", "shortcakes", milles, and granulosas in there.
https://youtu.be/zSLWq1DDKGo
I'm not just keeping easy SPS either, got some echinatas, "dragons", "shortcakes", milles, and granulosas in there.
Haha.. than we understand each other.
I share my findings (if appreciated) with reefers who want to move forward and don't get stuck on old (proven) habbits.
I search for bounderies, just because you can learn a lot by doing that.
After all innovation can only happen when we push the bounderies.
Happy Reefing, GlennF.
