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Originally Posted by Delphinus
"Dilution is the solution to pollution"
I'll be the first to agree you don't have to overdo waterchanges but at the same time all you have to do is a water change and look at your tank before and after to convince you a waterchange does your tank some good. It's like opening a window and letting fresh air in.
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Delphinus, don't get me wrong, I completely agree. I am not against water changes in fact I see some tanks that have a bioload which screams weekly water changes. In a system where bio-waste is kept at a low, water changes can become substantially less frequent to a a point where...cough...months are acceptable. Now people here can cling to minute trace elements all they want (most of whom don't even have a clue on what any of them do) and argue semantics but I think I made my case, even with the trolls coming in here to derail the thread.
Keep bioload low, run excessive mechanical filtration, dose and monitor. Simple.
And sorry Sphelps if I was being a douche, I felt douchery coming from you so I countered. No hard feelings.