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Old 03-18-2011, 12:26 AM   #1
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Hey guys I'm pretty sucky at this percentage stuff... I was wondering how much is 5% and how much is 10% water change on a 46 gallon tank with 10g refugium??

I'm trying to find out how much water (how many gallons) I should be changing when I do water changes...


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Old 03-18-2011, 12:29 AM   #2
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10% will be 5.6 gallons and 5% will be 2.8 gallons
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Old 03-18-2011, 12:31 AM   #3
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10% will be 5.6 gallons and 5% will be 2.8 gallons
wait
isnt it 4.6 for a 10% and 2.3 for a 5%?
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o lol i didnt read the refugium part lol my bad he was right
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So I usually do a water change everyother Monday. Is that ok? Enless I have a high ammonia spike or something I stay to that.
BUT iv only been doing about 3-4 gallons, I should be doing a coupld more gallons??
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Old 03-18-2011, 12:56 AM   #6
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just stay around 10-20% water change every two weeks .
If you dont have any problems why change.
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Good point. Thanks for the help! Maybe u guys can take a look at my nw post and help out! Its about quarentine
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