Tategrant
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How many gallons of water will evaporate from my 90 gallon tank in a week? Also how often do I have to do water changes? Every time the nitrites, nitrates, or ammonia goes up?
water change 10 percent a week on average.....and evaporation depends a lot on setup, do you have an open top, Glass top and what type of lighting...I have a 55 gal. with open top egg crate and led lighting with a wood top and filter fans in top... I evaporate 2 liters a day.
Crap I'm adding 10% water to mine weekly just to take care of my evaporation.
How many gallons of water will evaporate from my 90 gallon tank in a week? Also how often do I have to do water changes? Every time the nitrites, nitrates, or ammonia goes up?
Your ammonia and nitrite should not ride once the tank cycles unless you add some fish and you will get a slight ammonia spike depending on the size of the fish. But the nitrates and phosphates will and need to be removed by way of water change. If the nitrates and phosphates get too high your behind the 8 ball already. You need to find a routine that works for you. I run chaeto in my sump to help with nitrate and I do a 20 gallon water change on my 180 every other week. And that keeps everything in check. You don't ever want to be playing catch up on your parameters.