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    How often do you do water changes and how much?

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    How often do you do a water change to your tank?

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    nikecivic
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    Post by nikecivic Fri May 11, 2012 9:26 pm

    Hey Guys, thought it would be interesting to know what is everyones routine when it comes to doing water changes to your tank.
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    MxReEfEr92
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    Post by MxReEfEr92 Fri May 11, 2012 10:36 pm

    i do them about every 3-6 months
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    Post by Sandman Fri May 11, 2012 11:26 pm

    coryg wrote:i do them about every 3-6 months

    Are you fish only?
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    Post by sisterlimonpot Fri May 11, 2012 11:27 pm

    I'm about the same. about every 4 months I do a 10% water change.
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    Post by nikecivic Fri May 11, 2012 11:31 pm

    You can save money on doing less water changes. I am currently doing smaller wc weekly.
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    Post by MxReEfEr92 Sat May 12, 2012 12:51 am

    Sandman wrote:
    coryg wrote:i do them about every 3-6 months

    Are you fish only?

    Nope Mixed sps dominant
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    Post by dwolson2 Sat May 12, 2012 1:16 am

    There should be a whenever I get around to it option.... Lol
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    Post by nikecivic Sat May 12, 2012 1:26 am

    Lol, the poll was only limited to 10 options!
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    Post by MxReEfEr92 Sat May 12, 2012 2:28 am

    dwolson2 wrote:There should be a whenever I get around to it option.... Lol

    hahahahahaha that would be so great!
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    Post by nikecivic Sat May 12, 2012 1:11 pm

    Also, I've met a few that claim to never do water changes.
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    Post by MxReEfEr92 Sat May 12, 2012 3:39 pm

    Yea I have a buddy who never dose them he runs everything gfo carbon bio pellets, he has like 10'' of sponge, ATS, like 4 filter socks has a protein skimmer rated for 4 times his tank. But with all the maintenance needed for all that stuff Its easier to do a WC
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    Post by Sandman Sat May 12, 2012 11:16 pm

    Although doing a water change might be a pain, I use it for maintenance on my sump. Each week I am siphoning out all of the gatherings in my skimmer section, cleaning the skimmer, and "checking the oil." It seems to be working for me. Since no two tanks are alike, it really depends on the system and if it can handle NOT having the water changed. What we feed is also a factor as some foods introduce negative items into the system and water changes help to extract some of those items. I think it boils down to knowing your individual tank and how it reacts to its surroundings.
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    Post by MxReEfEr92 Sun May 13, 2012 3:55 am

    Well stated Luke
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    Post by Crusty Old Shellback Mon May 14, 2012 1:39 pm

    I'm at about 40% a month. Around 200G at a time. Smile But I'm in a rebuilding stage right now so not a lot in the tank. The water change is just so I can get in and clean the tank. Smile
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    Post by nikecivic Mon May 14, 2012 4:25 pm

    Crusty, have you tried smaller more frequent wc and seen a difference?
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    Post by Crusty Old Shellback Tue May 15, 2012 11:20 am

    Kind of hard to do right now with me being gone for 4 weeks at a time. Plus it's hard to get to the bottom of the tank to clean unless you drain out at least 100G. That or I start going snorkling to do the cleaning. Wink

    Remember the tank is 3' deep and I have short arms.
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