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Thanks, I call it (yes I name my tank)Legit insane what a tank
Good lolGreat anserw but newb question what’s a ood?! Like a Apex machine perhaps ?
Ok spill the beans, what's your secret or are you friends with Neptune and aren't telling!!!
Seriously his tank looks insane for 4 years without a water change ...maybe the size of the tank makes it easier??Ok spill the beans, what's your secret or are you friends with Neptune and aren't telling!!!
Are you running a calcium reactor or dosing?
What do you typically dose in general.
Stunning tank, I could bend your ears for hours... those clams oh my!!!
Ok spill the beans, what's your secret or are you friends with Neptune and aren't telling!!!
Are you running a calcium reactor or dosing?
What do you typically dose in general.
Stunning tank, I could bend your ears for hours... those clams oh
Seriously his tank looks insane for 4 years without a water change ...maybe the size of the tank makes it easier??
Thank you. I publish the picture just to show that there is many ways to skin a cat.Ok spill the beans, what's your secret or are you friends with Neptune and aren't telling!!!
Are you running a calcium reactor or dosing?
What do you typically dose in general.
Stunning tank, I could bend your ears for hours... those clams oh my!!!
Seriously his tank looks insane for 4 years without a water change ...maybe the size of the tank makes it easier??
I do not agree with you. I run a reversed remote DSB and have sand in my aquarium. In 5 years (yes it is 5 years old but for the first year - I did regular WC once a month before I decide to go the not regular WC path) Sand and DSB - not stirred and not cleaned during this time (DSB:n is redone once - after 7 months because I use Siporax in it and it leak high levels of silicate (had more than 20 ppm (wanted 0.1-0.15 ppm). I removed it and did a 80 % WC.edit - but at some point in time imo, water will need to be changed out to some degree. Sand beds are literally a liter box that if never maintained can cause some serious issues long term. Sometimes high levels of nitrate are only going to get solved by doing a water change. Imo I think not doing water changes at least 1-2x a year is most likely setting yourself up for failure, that said just doing waterchanges because you think your supposed to is also not the only right answer, it’s in that grey area somewhere in between
Yes that´s right and if you look it at that way - I do a 1-2 L WC every day. All add in methods will rise the salinity and I have to take out 1-2 L a day in order to compensate for the rise of salinity.Technically, when you top off you're adding fresh water, just not salt.
I have the sand shifting goby if that helps with the sandbar but idk if he gets deep enough ...the larger the size of the tank makes waterchanges less effective, and cost prohibitive.
Water in a reef tank doesn’t go bad, but it will need things added in as time goes on. Trace elements, alk, ca, mg etc all become depleted over time. The solution on a small tank say under 40g can be doing regular small waterchanges weekly to keep trace elements levels in check then you might only need to use a 2 part to buffer ca/alk.
large tanks a 20-30% waterchange is going to be 20+g, so at some point dosing trace elements and other stuff back to the water becomes cheaper than regularly pouring salt mix down the drain.
edit - but at some point in time imo, water will need to be changed out to some degree. Sand beds are literally a liter box that if never maintained can cause some serious issues long term. Sometimes high levels of nitrate are only going to get solved by doing a water change. Imo I think not doing water changes at least 1-2x a year is most likely setting yourself up for failure, that said just doing waterchanges because you think your supposed to is also not the only right answer, it’s in that grey area somewhere in between
I have the sand shifting goby if that helps with the sandbar but idk if he gets deep enough ...
I do nothing of these - have not done and will not do that - still "Eppur si muove"Little things done regularly lead to less issues in the long run. taking a stick and stirring up a small section of sandbed once a week/ month etc, deep cleaning pumps and skimmers etc every 2-3 months. Vacuum sump detritus every few weeks. Change filter socks every 3 days if you have high nutrient issues, go longer or no socks if your low on nutrients.