Goldie82
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2013
- Messages
- 14
Change my 40 gallon twice a week. 50% changes. Is this too much? Guy at the fish store thought so
Change my 40 gallon twice a week. 50% changes. Is this too much? Guy at the fish store thought so
Change my 40 gallon twice a week. 50% changes. Is this too much? Guy at the fish store thought so
Depending on stocking, the norm is a 15-25% water change once a week. I'd say you're overdoing it unless you have a huge bioload.
As long as your consistent with how often and the % of water you change their is no such thing as over doing water changes. The fish will appreciate fresh water. They will get use to whatever regimen you do as long as you're consistent. For instance don't do a 75% WC one week and decide the next week you only want to do a 15%. Water chemistry will start to fluctuate.
.
I change like 10-30% everyday.. I like to make sure I get over 100% and on grow out is 50% every 1-2 days.
Change my 40 gallon twice a week. 50% changes. Is this too much? Guy at the fish store thought so
I have been wondering this...
Does a "water change" also mean siphoning some dirty parts of the sand with the siphon suction tube? My boyfriend and I do this every week. We can't get to a whole lot because of all the live rock, but we put the siphon in and out of the sand in the front of the tank to get all the junk out that the c.u.c did't take care off and the power head didn't stir away from the bottom.
As long as you temperature match the water and dechlorinate it properly, then there isn't really any problem with changing it that often. I honestly wouldn't even bother with a water change that small. 50% weekly is the standard for most tanks. Think of it this way, if your nitrates are at 30ppm a 15% change will only remove 4.5ppm of nitrate which is a miniscule amount.
Huh, I see your point. I guess I never really thought of it that way. I've continuously read here and on other sources that 15-25% weekly was the norm except in certain circumstances like an ammonia spike, discus, higher bioload, etc.
Yeah, there's a lot of mixed information out there. I started out with 25% changes myself and since I was stocked to the limit I was forced to do multiple changes weekly which got old fast.
I have been wondering this...
Does a "water change" also mean siphoning some dirty parts of the sand with the siphon suction tube? My boyfriend and I do this every week. We can't get to a whole lot because of all the live rock, but we put the siphon in and out of the sand in the front of the tank to get all the junk out that the c.u.c did't take care off and the power head didn't stir away from the bottom.