anyone doesn't do regular water changes?

[Megalodon]

Originally Posted by mat20040

anyone uses trace element replacement ?
if so what and how much?

It's said that you shouldn't dose anything you can't test for and that water changes are the best method for replenishing trace elements, so I don't think very many people do it.

[04V10]

I do changes once a week. However, I don't have much of a bioload and I have been doing some trending for elements to see how the water reacts over the week. I'm thinking I'm going to push it to 1 1/2 weeks per water change and see what happens. Maybe push it to 2 weeks. Though I do have a clam and 2 SPS in my tank. I'll keep ya posted when I push it further.

[FishyFishy!]

I do mine once per month. I dose Calcium, Magnesium, and alk

[Seriak]

I have done 20% weekly water changes since startup. Thinking of moving to 2 weeks, but we will see. I only dose alk right now. Ph and alk are low, but everything else is good. I don't add trace elements as I do the water changes so often. I don't like the idea of constantly adding stuff to my tank with no take away.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Megalodon

Some people don't do regular water changes and have beautiful tanks. I don't know how they get away with it.

I think I figured it out (sort of) my guess is you can get away with less water changes if you feed small amounts to your fish and don't feed frozen food very often. IMO the more you feed (especially frozen foods) bigger more often water changes will need to be done.

I feed heavily do 10% weekly water changes and my nitrates are still high

[e46er]

I do around 30% every 2 weeks give or take a few days- its just easier
I can change 35-40 gal in 15-20 min tops

I have a tee off my closed loop pump to pump water out and a mag 9.5 to pump it back in. Super simple works great and no buckets required

[NAS]

if your paramaters are good, and you have had success so far don't change what you are doing. Just make sure that your D.O.C's are not building up, and that you are only using RO Water for top ups. . .

[mseepman]

I'm pretty poor at the WC right now as my tank requires the full bucket treatment rather than anything automatic. I do about 4G every 3 weeks. Since my tank has been taken over by mushrooms, it's hard to be motivated to do more.

[badAZZlars]

Give the current tank of the month on reef central a read. The guy hasn't done a water change in over 3 years and his tank looks great.

With that said I do 30% every two weeks. Seeing his success almost makes me want to try no water changes for awhile as I really hate doing them but things in my tank just seem so much happier after doing a change.