Any way to get away with not doing water changes?
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Sometimes when you skim very dry and don't waste any water during maintenance you need some correcting, by removing some water the ato compensate for that automaticly.
When you waste to much or skim to wet you need to add NaCl salt.
When you have extreme growth your salinity can creep up from the salts used. But than you need to do some gardening and get frags.
Frags require water for transport, so its pritty much self regulating
Happy Reefing, GlennF
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nanomania
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Can u please share ur sump pics and ur filtration system?? Awsm tankTank is still running just fine
Soon going 12 years with no waterchange procedures
Happy Reefing, GlennF
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CStrickland
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Checkout the page before this one
bif24701
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What is your current stock?
jason2459
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I have a 255 mixed reef and I don't perform that many water changes. Maybe about 40 gallons 3 times a year to replenish what every minerals I"m not dosing or supplying. Obviously if you run into a major issue, then you have to perform huge water changes. There is no way around some of them.
That being said. The answer is no. There is really no such thing as not doing a water change in an aquarium. There is water being evaporated everyday from everyone's aquarium. Some more than others. There is water always being replaced in the aquarium. Thus you are performing a water change rather you like it or not.
The skimmers take out water as well. With filtration and evaporation taking water and salt out. You still have to replace salt and minerals in the aquarium as well as your water. This is replenishing what was taken at a constant rate and the reason I don't change out much water myself.
That being said. The answer is no. There is really no such thing as not doing a water change in an aquarium. There is water being evaporated everyday from everyone's aquarium. Some more than others. There is water always being replaced in the aquarium. Thus you are performing a water change rather you like it or not.
The skimmers take out water as well. With filtration and evaporation taking water and salt out. You still have to replace salt and minerals in the aquarium as well as your water. This is replenishing what was taken at a constant rate and the reason I don't change out much water myself.
Sohal Tang Tim
Member
I dont get it
I dont get it
I don't understand why someone would want to go against water changing.
The animals live in a closed in box...there is no riving flowing in and out...
The nutrients get used up by the animals within the box...so...unless you
replenish the nutrients the animals need it is not an ideal space for them.
You could probably live on 90% of your current oxygen level but that does not mean it is *ideal*....
Water changes both replenish the good and take out some of the bad.
Whyyyy would anyone want to mess with that formula?
Ask yourself..IFFFF you were a CORAL living within that aquarium would
you want water changes? and IFFF you were a gorgeous Tang living within
that tank...would you want water changes?
There is your answer...so the question is..why mess with water changes?
food for thought....:fun2:
I dont get it
I don't understand why someone would want to go against water changing.
The animals live in a closed in box...there is no riving flowing in and out...
The nutrients get used up by the animals within the box...so...unless you
replenish the nutrients the animals need it is not an ideal space for them.
You could probably live on 90% of your current oxygen level but that does not mean it is *ideal*....
Water changes both replenish the good and take out some of the bad.
Whyyyy would anyone want to mess with that formula?
Ask yourself..IFFFF you were a CORAL living within that aquarium would
you want water changes? and IFFF you were a gorgeous Tang living within
that tank...would you want water changes?
There is your answer...so the question is..why mess with water changes?
food for thought....:fun2:
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
All one has to do is look at the results some EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED REEFKEEPERS are getting with "no" (actually minimal) water changes to see that results "without" water changes can be better than many reefers are getting while doing water changes.
Besides proving the fact that FANTASTIC results can be had, SOME people would like to cut back on water changes....for various reasons.
Glenn already mentioned some of his reasons in this thread.
Others might have different reasons.
FOR EXAMPLE: I'm considering moving into an area that has leach lines. The last thing I want to do is kill anything in the pond or back yard.
OTHERS that I know of are on well water. They are often better off doing less water changes with their well water than if they had access to a good source of fresh water.
So open your minds, grasshoppers... and admire what folks like Glenn are doing. Maybe do some research before dismissing this
Hey Glenn... post a pic of the re-scape here, please!
100% right spoken.All one has to do is look at the results some EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED REEFKEEPERS are getting with "no" (actually minimal) water changes to see that results "without" water changes can be better than many reefers are getting while doing water changes.
Besides proving the fact that FANTASTIC results can be had, SOME people would like to cut back on water changes....for various reasons.
Glenn already mentioned some of his reasons in this thread.
Others might have different reasons.
FOR EXAMPLE: I'm considering moving into an area that has leach lines. The last thing I want to do is kill anything in the pond or back yard.
OTHERS that I know of are on well water. They are often better off doing less water changes with their well water than if they had access to a good source of fresh water.
So open your minds, grasshoppers... and admire what folks like Glenn are doing. Maybe do some research before dismissing this
Hey Glenn... post a pic of the re-scape here, please!
Do whatever you believe works for you.
Be open minded for things that wil happen in the future of reefkeeping.
In europe it's becoming more common to work without the weekly/monthly (or whatever structural) waterchanges.
It's over with pouring perfectly good water down the drain.
The dutch reefers are way ahead with working without WC.
It's about taking control (measuring and adjusting). The more scienctific approach of reefkeeping made available to "common" people..
Before
Rescape:
All the "new" corals were collected and kept for a while in my fragtank connect to the mainreef.
Happy Reefing, GlennF
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Sohal Tang Tim
Member
Yes I guess it makes sense to do whatever can to save water...agreed on that.
Signed,
Open Minded Sohal Tang lololol
Signed,
Open Minded Sohal Tang lololol
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