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I don't have one but I have heard of people doing it once a week. I would say minimum of every two weeks. They can become nitrate factory's pretty quickly.
I guess you could use the old water, I don't see why that would be a bad idea. I just use RO water to rinse out the cannister and I give the filter media and filter pads a quick rinse as well.