Daily water changes for 10 gallon SPS nano tank

[transformer999]

Is it advisable?

Will it do more harm />?


Thanks for all advise

 

[bobssecrtsn]

waterchange daily, how many gallons? of water are you changing out? it could benefit, why not 2part dose?

 

[napsterMS]

if you change less than a quart a day then it would be fine.

I would just test and record the magnesium, calcium, and alkalinity for a month. Then dose dry products and record how much that you dose. I use Kent marine turbo calcium, Kent marine essential elements, elos omega, elos pro skimmer, elos svc, and kh powder that I got from my local reef store.

 

[stevedola]

If I were running a continuous WC system I wouldnt dose. I would find a salt that has proper levels of alk/calc/mag and let the salt replenish them. I think as long as you mix the salt to the same salinity as the tank you could only benefit from this method. if its 10gallons, I think 1 gallon a day would work to reduce nutrients and supply additives but if not just increase it until it reaches the equilibrium point.

Please note- I have no experience with this method and my statements are only educated guesses from my experiences.

 

[napsterMS]

If I were running a continuous WC system I wouldnt dose. I would find a salt that has proper levels of alk/calc/mag and let the salt replenish them. I think as long as you mix the salt to the same salinity as the tank you could only benefit from this method. if its 10gallons, I think 1 gallon a day would work to reduce nutrients and supply additives but if not just increase it until it reaches the equilibrium point.

Please note- I have no experience with this method and my statements are only educated guesses from my experiences.

stevedola is right, for a small 10 gallon system, it's not worth the trouble of dosing. My only fear is that the amount of sps you will have in the system. If you have a lot of corals in your tank, then you will have to change more water. Needless to say, if you end up replacing almost half of your water every day, things will take a turn for the worse.

 

[bobkill]

How many pieces are you gooig to have 1?

 

[chrispc66]

The more NSW changes the better off your nano will be IMO. Suggested for maximum nano benefit...10% daily or 50% - 75% weekly.

This is just my personal opinion based on tanks with documented high water change routines here in Australia.

Like everything in this hobby, if it's not harmful....experiment for yourself...keep a log of nano appearance so you can accurately judge any change during such experiments.

Large volume frequent water changes are harmless IMO....good luck

 

[MammothReefer]

It's not unheard of. Just a lot of work. No reason other then that not to do it.

 

[napsterMS]

Look into kent marine's nano reef part a & b. Much easier than changing your water every day.

http://www.kentmarine.com/products/kent-nanoreef-part-ab.htm