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No, what evaporates is it only the 'pure' water, all salts, contaminants etc stays in the tank.So, I live in Arizona, and especially in the summer, it’s very dry. I have a 150 gal, and lose roughly 15%-20% to evaporation each week. I have a 10 gallon auto top off, and refill it twice a week. That suffices for a “water change”, right.
I'm running the Triton Method. It has stabilized now and has not had a water change for about 6 months. Parameters are all good.Pretty simple today. I think it's been a while for a site-wide poll on water changes so let's do it! Let's talk about water changes and where you stand concerning your tank!
1. How often do you "change out your water" in your reef tank, what percent and how many gallons is your system? Or do you even?
2. How important or not important do you think water changes are for your reef tank?
@CMO no water change reef! Thread here.
In this post you see my tank 300 l (80 G) . started 48 months ago. First WC every 14 days 20% WC. Stop WC 38 months ago. 5 * 50 L WC during one week around 30 months ago (caused of SI concentration of 20 ppm) - after that one WC 24 months ago (40 l - start of a new aquarium). I use Triton Core 7 - and it is a daily take out of 0.6 l sea water (get in 0.6 l RO water) caused of salinity rise. 30 months without WC. How small is my stock? it is stocked with 40 + fish. Feeds with 7 cubes of Ocean Nutrition frozen food/day. Nitrates around 4. Refugium - 10 %. Last ICP - all green with exception of Ca (420 -> 440 ppm); Li (140 -> 200 ppm) and PO4 (0,06 -> 0,018 ppm)Looking at the photo I see very few fish. I prefer a little (or heavily) overstocked but I MUST do large and regular water changes to keep nitrates under 20 to 30ppm. I have hit off the charts nitrate levels because I got lazy and my rocks became so fuzzy it looked like the Muppet show. I really like fish, at least for the moment. If I go back to SPS I'll probably do like this and keep a very low fish stock. I must confess to using brute force to keep things in check.
The photo does not show it. My mistake. The aquarium looks larger than 80usg, probably due to its coral density.In this post you see my tank 300 l (80 G) . started 48 months ago. First WC every 14 days 20% WC. Stop WC 38 months ago. 5 * 50 L WC during one week around 30 months ago (caused of SI concentration of 20 ppm) - after that one WC 24 months ago (40 l - start of a new aquarium). I use Triton Core 7 - and it is a daily take out of 0.6 l sea water (get in 0.6 l RO water) caused of salinity rise. 30 months without WC. How small is my stock? it is stocked with 40 + fish. Feeds with 7 cubes of Ocean Nutrition frozen food/day. Nitrates around 4. Refugium - 10 %. Last ICP - all green with exception of Ca (420 -> 440 ppm); Li (140 -> 200 ppm) and PO4 (0,06 -> 0,018 ppm)
QUESTION OF THE DAY Water Changes: Where do you stand on water changes for your reef tank?
Pretty simple today. I think it's been a while for a site-wide poll on water changes so let's do it! Let's talk about water changes and where you stand concerning your tank! 1. How often do you "change out your water" in your reef tank, what percent and how many gallons is your system? Or do...www.reef2reef.com
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I only ever dose Mg and do the rest with approx 10% water changes p/w (LPS tank) 480L EA1200 proPretty simple today. I think it's been a while for a site-wide poll on water changes so let's do it! Let's talk about water changes and where you stand concerning your tank!
1. How often do you "change out your water" in your reef tank, what percent and how many gallons is your system? Or do you even?
2. How important or not important do you think water changes are for your reef tank?
@CMO no water change reef! Thread here.