How many water changes do you do?
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trinity1012
sps addict
some people change water every week,every couple weeks and some people once a month,depends on ur equipment and bioload ect.
i have 180 gallons total and i change about 30 gallons,im not to consistant with it but sometimes every weekend some times every other.
i have 180 gallons total and i change about 30 gallons,im not to consistant with it but sometimes every weekend some times every other.
trinidiver
New member
yeah, it depends alot on the size tank (total gal), bioload, feeding.
i change 50gal in my 200gal+ every 3wks. 4wks max. I feed my reef tank often and heavy throughout the day. I do this cause i like to keep my fish and corals happy. This also keeps my tank disease free
i change 50gal in my 200gal+ every 3wks. 4wks max. I feed my reef tank often and heavy throughout the day. I do this cause i like to keep my fish and corals happy. This also keeps my tank disease free
Twice a Week
Twice a Week
In my 14G Cube below, I do two small changes twice a week of one gallon per change. It comes out to about 15% per week. I've read that smaller, more frequent water changes are better than just a single change once a week or twice a week. Of course, that's open for debate but it takes all of three minutes for me to do a 1G change and that's what I've done for 13 months and my tank is very healthy so I'm sticking with it.
Twice a Week
In my 14G Cube below, I do two small changes twice a week of one gallon per change. It comes out to about 15% per week. I've read that smaller, more frequent water changes are better than just a single change once a week or twice a week. Of course, that's open for debate but it takes all of three minutes for me to do a 1G change and that's what I've done for 13 months and my tank is very healthy so I'm sticking with it.
19jeffro83
New member
I have a 14 gal bio cube w a lot of rock. I'd guess my actual water volum is about 8 gallons w all media, rock and everything else that's not water. The biocube 14. Really only holds about 101/2 gallons empty, as I tried it while being empty And this is wwhat fit.
I have a mixed reef and low bioload. My fish are a trima goby, cincta goby, and a yasha hase rainfordi pistol shrimp. As well as a Pom Pom crab and hermits and snails. I have no skimmer no sump, which I did on my 50 breeder I recently took down. So beside the chemo pure elite and filter floss, water changes are the only other export after the live rocks denitrifying bacteria. I do two water changes a week of one gallon and some time I do one of the weekly changes with 2. All looks well in my tank and I know it may be overkill but it works for me. No algea, nitrates, phosphates or lack of essential trace elements. IMO in a nano it's a lot easier to change water often them mess w complexity of the system by adding gadgets or messing w dosing.
I have a mixed reef and low bioload. My fish are a trima goby, cincta goby, and a yasha hase rainfordi pistol shrimp. As well as a Pom Pom crab and hermits and snails. I have no skimmer no sump, which I did on my 50 breeder I recently took down. So beside the chemo pure elite and filter floss, water changes are the only other export after the live rocks denitrifying bacteria. I do two water changes a week of one gallon and some time I do one of the weekly changes with 2. All looks well in my tank and I know it may be overkill but it works for me. No algea, nitrates, phosphates or lack of essential trace elements. IMO in a nano it's a lot easier to change water often them mess w complexity of the system by adding gadgets or messing w dosing.
The water changes are probably the least expensive thing about this hobby. If you have an aquarium and you are worried about $10/month in salt, then you might want to repurpose the tank as a FW tank until you determine if you are really into looking realistically at budgeting the kind of money running a reef tank entails.
Just don't want to see you scrimping and saving to have a tank that is doomed from the get go. You don't have to buy all Vortech or get a calcium reactor right off the bat, but be prepared for a lot more expensive operating costs than just the salt mix.
BTW - I do a 10% weekly water change on my 75G.
Gagonzalez
Reef Fanatic
I do 3g a week on a 28g Nano. In actuality, it's about 23g in water so it works out to about 13% weekly. I use Reef Crystals. Seems to work well and keeps my CA at 440-460 consistently with a few LPS and Clams.
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SaltyWenStirred
Member
I have a 38G tank. I do a 5 gallon change once a week.
I see your point. I just don't see to often what the outlaying cost on average tank. I am sure that there are some in my boat enjoying a salt tank. If any of you have ever gotten into astronomy you know what I am talking about.
Don't let it deter you
Just be prepared for some sticker shock when you want to start keeping hard corals. If you are running fish only then it's not that much more expensive than FW. Good luck!Thanks, there is more than one way to get there. Prob look for a shallow tank on cl and start a spread sheet cost up keep. :deadhorse: don't want beat this too much. So far its given me a good idea of how much you guys are changing water out. This way I can figure out how much sw is going run roughly.
Mrscribbled
Team RC
60 gallons per week on 300 gallon system.
Flippers4pups
Home made abyss
10% a week on my 56 DT + 15 in sump, 71 gal total. Remember total water volume of the system.
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