Last time you did a water change? What about Holiday Tank Maintenance?

[Appoloreefer]

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED YOUR WATER OUT?

Do you like to do tank maintenance on holidays when you have a day off? (if you have holidays off)

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My 125 gallon tank is cycling so I am not doing water changes until the cycle is complete and only then if it needs it.

 

[Appoloreefer]

300 Gallon Water change 30 days ago.

What a beautiful tank

 

[Appoloreefer]

I voted “today”, although I actually changed my water out yesterday. (Around 5 gallons)

Nice tank

 

[James_O]

Nice tank

Thanks! It’s about a month old. Definitely still a work in progress.

 

[chippwalters]

4.5 gallon water change each week (for my 25 gallon nano) is as easy as filling up a jug like the one on the left with water, adding a 5 gallon pkg of Little Fishies salt, and replacing the existing jug (on the left). I don't even have to turn off the return pump.

Each jug is fitted with an auto-off quick disconnect so the change is super fast and no drips. Also, I don't need to worry about temperature and I only need to mix the saltwater a few minutes as it takes over 4 hours for the complete new saltwater jug to completely swap out from the existing system (it's on a very slow transfer rate). Of course my overflow moves much more water through a different overflow line.

As you can see, we're still in the beginning phase as I just moved from my 5 gallon Pico where I tested this concept.

Here's a video from the Pico thread where I do a ~5 gal water change in under a minute. I know longer need the heater or the pump.

 

[Daved4]

Is it mainly to replenish trace minerals? Maybe I’m over thinking this but with daily water changes, isn’t it less effective at removing nitrates and other things you want to export?

So I was doing weekly 20% changes on my 75 gal system for 2 years. When I upgraded i won a full apex set up and decided to try daily water changes to see if it would be more beneficial. I'm doing roughly 1.5% daily and its been keeping my nitrate and phosphate perfectly stable. I am still dosing alk and calc manually daily at this point waiting for a second dose to come in.

 

[cyclone21]

I change out 50gal every Friday but not this week as I'm battling dinos presently

 

[Daved4]

Holy hell man, I do 1 gal a day and my DOS is tough to handle with the laundry door open.

If I listen for.it i can hear it from upstairs lol I'm doing 1.5% of water volume daily. 220 gallon system minus rock and sand. I just figured about 200 gallons

 

[BBN Reefer]

Yesterday! Came home to find the dog sitter WAY over fed. There were pellets all over the sand. I had to vacuum the sand to remove as much of the excess food as possible. I only have two small clownfish so far. I think I’m going to be investing in a auto feeder for next time.

 

[srad750c]

I used to do 15% every 90 days, now I just change 5% weekly, I don’t have to shut down any equipment to do that. Only difference I notice is my Kh/Ca is more stable.

 

[srad750c]

I have a 90g mixed reef and I like to do a 35 gallon wc at least once a month. I mostly do them just to get debris out of the sump and sand bed.

Wow, that seems to be a lot, I only do 5 gals a week. If I do it once a month I only do 15 max. That would shock the hell out of my corals.

 

[Knifeguy]

10% every Sunday for 30 years.

Much respect for you my friend. Incredible.
Every single week? Lucky I just did both my fresh and reef tanks a few days ago, but I feel so lazy, geezz.

 

[Knifeguy]

10% every Sunday for

 

[pezcadoazul]

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED YOUR WATER OUT?

Do you like to do tank maintenance on holidays when you have a day off? (if you have holidays off)

image via @bif24701

 

[Buckster]

Monday is change water day. I changed 8 gallons in the 30 and 8 in the 32 bio cube. Next monday is 35 gallons in the 180.

 

[exalectric]

Yesterday was 15 gallons in the 40 fresh (had a sick fish in there) and 10 in the 40 reef. And 3 of 4 gallon pico.

 

[Anthony Gatch]

Continuous Automatic Water change with Apex DOS. No more hauling water.

 

[fluked]

10% once a week or 20% fortnightly if i miss a weekly.

 

[dkfrosty1]

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED YOUR WATER OUT?

Do you like to do tank maintenance on holidays when you have a day off? (if you have holidays off)

image via @bif24701

I prep my water on thursday and let it “stew” for Friday water change. In the summer this is nice because we get early release every Friday so I don’t have to spend time on the weekend doing it.

 

[DenisB]

The question should figure out also : How much water from the reservoir do you add each week ? Cause it's a form of waterchange...