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On a roughly 1200glns system with a light load still I do 12% 150glns monthly water changes.
Its a simple turn valve to drain water and a switch to a pump to fill the system. The more I load my tank eventually the more I will water change. |
Water changes
In the beginning it was 10%/week of 550g and now it's it's about 6% of 700g every two weeks or 20 days.
A 1% difference in the amount of changed water has a large impact on my total running and upkeep costs. I'm hoping to eventually arrive to a 5% monthly change by the end of this year. |
I have a 90 gallon reef with a 50 gallon sump, 90 has approx.70 gallons of actual water along with approx. 22gallons in the sump, been doing a 25% WC twice a month. Seems to be working ok.
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10% per week.
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total volume about 200g and last few months change ~50g every 2-3 weeks
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10 gallons every week on a 140-150 ish system
im starting to think i should do it every two weeks... due to unnecessary stress from going all out and diving into my tank *giggle* or every second water change do the totally scrub everything , blow everything off , clean all the equipment. clean freaks shouldn't own saltwater tanks im starting to think. *i sometimes give my snails hair cuts* i had one with a mohawk and one with pony tails kinda .. when i had algae back in the day |
I try to shoot for every two weeks
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I change 40 gal every 2 weeks on my 120 With a 40 g sump.
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I change 10 - 15 gal weekly on my 72 gal reef
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15-20% bi-weekly = 40 to 50 gallons on 210 with 70 g sump
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