medge00
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I'd like this to be more than the basic, 'how often do you do water changes' question. Frequency of water changes is an important issue, but there is, in my opinion, so muh more that goes into it. Discus require more water changes that most tetras, a 75 gallon with mostly plants and some apistogrammas is much different than a 75 gallon with one ginormous (that's gigantic + enormous) oscar and a plec. Factors include: plants or no? ferts or no? fish load? type of fish? how often do you feed? what do you feed? etc etc. i hope y'all are as interested in this thread as I am.
so i'll start! I'm listing my tank specs/fish load only because its not in my signature...
tank: 20gal long, 60 watts, diy co2
Plants: tons and tons
Fish: (3) cories, (4) cardinals, (1) loach, (1) temporary black molly
Feed: 2-3 times a week. I rotate and mix the following foods: Omega flake, omega veggie flake, frozen brine shrimp, frozen blood worms, algae wafer, shrimp pellet.
Fertilizers: Iron, potassium - once a week... flourish - twice
Water Changes: 20% once a week, vac once a month
ok, your turn!
so i'll start! I'm listing my tank specs/fish load only because its not in my signature...
tank: 20gal long, 60 watts, diy co2
Plants: tons and tons
Fish: (3) cories, (4) cardinals, (1) loach, (1) temporary black molly
Feed: 2-3 times a week. I rotate and mix the following foods: Omega flake, omega veggie flake, frozen brine shrimp, frozen blood worms, algae wafer, shrimp pellet.
Fertilizers: Iron, potassium - once a week... flourish - twice
Water Changes: 20% once a week, vac once a month
ok, your turn!