A year with no water changes

[Idaho-reefer]

March marks the year of my new build and I haven’t changed the water once. I went from a 29gal bio cube to a 75 and wanted to keep things “dirty” to quit having to dose nitrates etc for color. Just wondering if there are other success or failures with this type of approach

 

[Idaho-reefer]

Just looked at my build thread and this was the wwc yellow tips a year ago and after

 

[Idaho-reefer]

A few more

 

[CMO]

Definitely. And no water change tanks don't necessarily mean dirty. Mine runs at zero NO3 and PO4 unless I supplement. I went about 14 months with only one small water change (due to chemicleaning) with great results.

 

[infinite0180]

What are you dosing?

 

[Idaho-reefer]

This post was partially inspired by my new toy:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DVMFBNP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EUZHCbYCYWSXZ

The filters take the blue out, those photos are all from my iPhone

 

[Idaho-reefer]

What are you dosing?

Dosing two part and weekly strontium and molybdenum, aminos, mag and have my feeder three times a day with the apex crossover.

 

[JustAnotherReefer]

i bought a complete tank that never had a water change in the 4 years it was setup

everything was thriving in it

 

[rushbattle]

Dosing two part and weekly strontium and molybdenum, aminos, mag and have my feeder three times a day with the apex crossover.

Do you test strontium via testkit? Do any ICP testing for molybdenum dosing, and obviously everything else? Thanks for sharing!

Edit: Which two part are you dosing? Sorry if I missed it somewhere.

 

[jfahim]

this is great!

would you mind elaborating on your maintenance schedule??

 

[ccombs]

March marks the year of my new build and I haven’t changed the water once. I went from a 29gal bio cube to a 75 and wanted to keep things “dirty” to quit having to dose nitrates etc for color. Just wondering if there are other success or failures with this type of approach

I want what this guy is having. No water changes? Sign me up lol.

 

[Crustaceon]

8 months on my system with no water changes. My calcium reactor and brightwells Kalk +2 handles my trace needs.

 

[rushbattle]

8 months on my system with no water changes. My calcium reactor and brightwells Kalk +2 handles my trace needs.

Nice! Do you have any pictures of your tank?

 

[CMO]

8 months on my system with no water changes. My calcium reactor and brightwells Kalk +2 handles my trace needs.

Looks like Kalk+2 only has Calcium, Magnesium and Strontium so not sure how that replenishes your trace elements.

 

[Crustaceon]

Looks like Kalk+2 only has Calcium, Magnesium and Strontium so not sure how that replenishes your trace elements.

I’m running TLF reborn media in my calcium reactor too and feed heavily which are trace sources. Coral growth and coloration is good and while I’ve weighed testing my actual trace levels, I’m not seeing much of a reason to do so.

 

[CMO]

I’m running TLF reborn media in my calcium reactor too and feed heavily which are trace sources. Coral growth and coloration is good and while I’ve weighed testing my actual trace levels, I’m not seeing much of a reason to do so.

Interesting! Have you done any ICP tests by chance to see how trace levels are tracking using the reborn?

 

[Crustaceon]

Interesting! Have you done any ICP tests by chance to see how trace levels are tracking using the reborn?

I haven’t done an ICP test so I couldn’t say for sure on my system. I did find this which is interesting and makes me want to test trace supplementation to see if things could be any better.

 

[CMO]

I haven’t done an ICP test so I couldn’t say for sure on my system. I did find this which is interesting and makes me want to test trace supplementation to see if things could be any better.

Thanks for sharing! This looks like a promising option.

 

[Idaho-reefer]

Do you test strontium via testkit? Do any ICP testing for molybdenum dosing, and obviously everything else? Thanks for sharing!

Edit: Which two part are you dosing? Sorry if I missed it somewhere.

Just BRS two part. I did an ICP a few months ago and everything was spot on.

 

[vio]

I do not try to be a bad person , but you have , only one fish ?
How much you save , in salt.....$ 100 ?