Water changes

[sumpfinfishe]

For over 10yrs with my old reeftank I did once monthly 25% changes.
Now with my new reef it's 25% twice monthly.
The difference in coloration and coral growth over 8 months is definitely better as I'm sure the fish are healthier and happier too, though they haven't mentioned anything

[don.ald]

5g weekly on 100g system

[Proteus]

5g weekly on 40ish gallon system

[gregzz4]

10% weekly here

[craigwmiller]

45-50 gallons bi-weekly on a 450 gallon (amount of water after displacement and glass thickness removed)

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

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.

[darkreef]

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

[Dearth]

I try to shoot for every two weeks

[tytown]

10% weekly

[The Guy]

25% every 2 weeks for me, Gravity feed ro water to my mixing barrel next to my tank from the storage barrel mounted over my ensuite tub, add salt & heater then mix for 24 hours using a Hydor 1400 powerhead. Shut down my return pump, skimmer etc. in the sump and pump all the water out of the sump 25 gallons to the kitchen sink drain. Once emptied I pump the new water into the sump from the mixing barrel 25 gallons, making sure the salinity and temp. are good in the new water before it gets pumped to the sump. Done! No bucket carrying for me.