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

[revhtree]

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

 

[Dania]

I do water changes on my days off and on sunny days since I don't have an overhead light in my room. Biggest drawback in this apartment is no overhead lights.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I normally do my water changes every other Sunday. Changed Twelve Gallons out yesterday. I do a Cascade water change, removing 12 Gallons from my Quarantine Tank, and replace it with 12 gallons from my display tank.

 

[Daved4]

3g daily neptune dos

 

[PeterC99]

Religious 10 gallon water changes every Friday!

The Holiday is for enjoying the aquarium!

 

[brunera]

I'm still battling nitrate and phosphate so I do 10% water changes twice a week. Good thing I only have a 40 gal IM!

 

[TuxUrchin07]

I did 10% yesterday

 

[14 foot reef]

300 Gallon Water change 30 days ago.

 

[Rickybobby]

i feed like mad, but the max nitrates ive seen is 5-10ppm, that takes 3 weeks for me than i usually do a 10g water change

 

[Jgerm]

In February after water from a burst frozen pipe leaked into the display. That is the only water change I have done in 8 months. Running Reef Moonshiners method.

 

[GoVols]

18% water change once a week.

 

[PeterC99]

18% water change once a week.

Very curious - why 18%?

 

[Uncle99]

10% every Sunday for 30 years.

 

[elorablue]

15% every Saturday.

 

[GoVols]

Very curious - why 18%?

lol
It just comes out to be 15 gallons a week...

 

[NashobaTek]

Never, just top off every day.

 

[PeterC99]

lol
It just comes out to be 15 gallons a week...

You had me going there! Thought there was a very scientific reason for the 18%!

 

[BigBendBirder]

Never! But, I just set my tank up recently, so I'm cheating ;-)

 

[James_O]

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

 

[HJ99]

We're 2 months in. System holds about 250 gal. I've changed partial water twice. First was 30gal and second 50gal. I saw no change in Nitrates or phosphates. I have it set up so changes are a matter of working valves and turning on the mixing pump. But I'm having a hard time right now justifying frequent water changes. Maybe when we get corals and start monitoring other parameters ?