I was wondering if you have a 20 gallon tank with only saltwater. No rocks , no sand , no skimmer, no filter. Just bare. Salinity good. Temp good. WaveMaker is good. Can I put corals in and just keep on doing 25% water change every three days?
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That is not recommended. Your sand and rocks hold a tremendous amount of beneficial bacteria that keep the water stable and healthy for life.I was wondering if you have a 20 gallon tank with only saltwater. No rocks , no sand , no skimmer, no filter. Just bare. Salinity good. Temp good. WaveMaker is good. Can I put corals in and just keep on doing 25% water change every three days?
Target feed the corals and 25% water change every 3 days. I like to try it with some cheap easy bulletproof mushroom corals. What you guys think.That’s a pretty sterile environment. Sounds ok for a QT but not long term.
Amonnia level won't go up due to water change every 3 days. Target feed once a week. The mix saltwater have perfect parameters anyway so I don't see a problem with it.
It's just a challenge to make the cheapest coral tank. Only heater and a small wavemaker and a 20 gallon tank. Everybody do water change anyway so why not try it.Why?
Sure could. If you put a sump underneath it to hold all the rocks and sand and filtration. Could your idea work? Yea but it would be extremely wasteful and if you are doing constant water changes, will the salinity always be precise? Not to mention, would you consistently do those constant water changes? I think everyone here will agree that you might keep it going for a while but eventually you would get tired of it.I was wondering if you have a 20 gallon tank with only saltwater. No rocks , no sand , no skimmer, no filter. Just bare. Salinity good. Temp good. WaveMaker is good. Can I put corals in and just keep on doing 25% water change every three days?
No. I'm going to mix it myself. We will see what will happen. I'm gonna be posting a day to day development including specially params.Do you have another tank that you can get the water change water from? Raw salt water is prone to issues related to lack of organics, phosphate, and bacteria. One is excessive tendency to precipitate calcium carbonate, and the other is trace elements that may have very different bioavailability/toxicity and tendency to precipitate.
Excellent! Get a build thread started!No. I'm going to mix it myself. We will see what will happen. I'm gonna be posting a day to day development including specially params.
No this not a build thread. It's an experiment that if it succeed everybody will benefit.Excellent! Get a build thread started!