Water changes

[rob7777]

I do 20% water change weekly I've been reading on this forum that u guys only do 5-10% am I doing to much and why are there guys doing such little water have I got it all wrong???

 

[TriggerThis]

Most do water changes only to keep nitrates and phosphates down.
I haven't done a water change in 4 months but I have dosing pumps to replenish elements.

So it just depends on your system.
No right or wrong way.
If your fish and corals are happy and growing, keep doing that

 

[rob7777]

The other thing is that I don't dose the tank wit cal or mag cause it's in the reef salt that I use to mix up my water should I change??

 

[rob7777]

Beautiful tank bra makes mine look average here is a pic of mine

 

[rob7777]

 

[rob7777]

No photo shop just framed

 

[TriggerThis]

If your keeping those sun corals happy then I think your doing the right amount of water changes.
Are your nitrates high?

And thanks for the compliment. All you have to do is buy $3k worth of fish and coral, cram it all in there and ta-da! Lol and then keep it alive.

 

[rob7777]

The alive part is the hardest thing but my sun coral only opens at night wit the actinc plus there only t5 about to buy led but there is a lot of people wit mixed reviews. Want to get into the acros but a little scared don't like buying just to kill it

 

[rob7777]

Nitrates about 5-10ppm

 

[rob7777]

The other thing is my cataphilias abosolutly **** to tears

 

[TriggerThis]

The sun corals are supposed to only open at night as far as that goes.
Hopefully your feeding them daily.
And I'm running a 6 bulb t5 over my tank. I'm just going to get some reefbrite strips for either side so I can get the pop/shimmer that LEDs give, but still have the growth of t5s

I could buy 6 new bulbs every 6 months for this fixture for TWELVE YEARS before I reach the purchase price of One radion. And is need three for this tank. So yeah ima stick to T5s. Any other LED lights just don't cut it IMO

 

[rob7777]

I only have two white one blue but it's only a aqua one 850 is that sufficant??

 

[rob7777]

And no I've only been feeding them twice weekly any tips??

 

[rob7777]

Wit reef roids

 

[rob7777]

Do u use MH as well or just t5

 

[TriggerThis]

The sun corals don't use any light but for everything else I would get a 4 bulb T5 minimum and only use ATI bulbs in it.

Move the sun coral down to the sandbed

Feed it as close to once a day as you can. They will literally starve to death over time if not fed enough.
They're a high demand coral.

I only use T5s. MH make too much heat and use too much electricity for my liking

 

[rob7777]

The anemone in the photo on the other post u put a photo in what is it ???????

 

[Orly20]

Most do water changes only to keep nitrates and phosphates down.
I haven't done a water change in 4 months but I have dosing pumps to replenish elements.

So it just depends on your system.
No right or wrong way.
If your fish and corals are happy and growing, keep doing that

Trigger your tank is awesome! I am sorry to hi jack you OP but just a quick question. Trigger do you carbon dose at all? If so what is it?

Thanks

 

[TriggerThis]

The anemone in the photo on the other post u put a photo in what is it ???????

It's just a plain rose bubble tip. That has become massive from the clowns power feeding it every day lol
I actually bought it for $20 originally, back then the clowns couldn't even fit in it lol

 

[TriggerThis]

Trigger your tank is awesome! I am sorry to hi jack you OP but just a quick question. Trigger do you carbon dose at all? If so what is it?

Thanks

No I don't carbon dose. You only need to do that if you have a nitrate problem. Mine are always at zero. Even with 15 fish in there...
This is the key to a happy tank

I've had it for less than a month, growth explosion everywhere