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Anecdotally, water changes seem to be a good thing. The whole dilution and replenishment aspect seem fundamentally sound. There are a lot of testing related errors which can cause over dosing or under dosing. There's consumption and a myriad of elements that don't get tested. How does one replenish necessary elements without overdosing non-consumed elements? The Triton test method whereby, only consumed elements are replaced seems to be a good alternative. However, the Triton method can be rather tedious and expensive which may be good for the good ol' 1%ers. I do a little of both. I test via Triton and add the basic elements like Calcium, Alk, Mg, Trace, Iodine, Potassium and Strontium. I don't add anything else with respect to elements. I do monthly 10% water changes and 1% automatic daily. I'm getting good results so I continue. I've read some forums about the dilemma of over dosing some of the discrete element packs. They're reset recommendations have always been to do a significant resetting water change. Water changes can had a detrimental impact if the water changes are large and parameters are not matched (PH, Salinity, Temperature, and Alk/Calcium). Also, contaminants can be introduced based on bad RODI water. I guess it's a trade off.