So if I just did water changes every week and maybe cleaned the filter every other week and switch out the filter every month, my fish would be fine at 7.6 and the new fish wouldn't die.
3 light tubes? I only have 2 lights, and I already use a co2 system that bubbles co2 into the water. I used to do flourish excel, flourish iron, and flourish, but i decided that since I had a co2 system set up, I didn't need flourish excel. Right now I only use flourish iron and flourish. With this, would I need to start doing Flourish excel again, or do root tabs?
The filter is the 3 part filter built into the aquarium. I've never cleaned the bio balls, and i'm not sure if I should or not. The filter with the charcoal in it is the one that I change every 2 months, and it is the first part where the water comes in first. The last part is the sponge, and ive never cleaned it, and should I because the water is probably clean by the time it comes to it.
So I never need to replace any of the filter parts? and rinse what out every 2-4 weeks? Also what do you mean by treated water?
So I just need to wash the parts and i shouldn't have to replace anything?