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This question is pertinent to my fish only tank though I have seen/and been told of many reef anecdotes.
It seems like there is an obsession to do water changes every week. But is that really necessary, especially for Fish only (and in reef cant you dose the removed elements back in)?
When parameters like these are important:
1) Bioload/# of fish
2) Feeding
3) Type of filteration/protein removal systems + Chaeto
4) Volume of tank
I have a 130 gallon waterbox system with an octopus protein skimmer. I also have chaeto and I only have 4 fish, 2 small tangs, and 2 small clownfish.
Further, our local fish store tells us about a lot of families who cancelled their cleaning/water change service during the virus and their tanks reef and fish only are doing fine.
Do I really need to be changing my water weekly? Especially if my nitrate levels are being kept so low between the low bioload, quality protein skimmer, and chaeto.
It seems like there is an obsession to do water changes every week. But is that really necessary, especially for Fish only (and in reef cant you dose the removed elements back in)?
When parameters like these are important:
1) Bioload/# of fish
2) Feeding
3) Type of filteration/protein removal systems + Chaeto
4) Volume of tank
I have a 130 gallon waterbox system with an octopus protein skimmer. I also have chaeto and I only have 4 fish, 2 small tangs, and 2 small clownfish.
Further, our local fish store tells us about a lot of families who cancelled their cleaning/water change service during the virus and their tanks reef and fish only are doing fine.
Do I really need to be changing my water weekly? Especially if my nitrate levels are being kept so low between the low bioload, quality protein skimmer, and chaeto.