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03-02-2011, 04:06 PM
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Yes, I thaw it then rinse it well in tap water in a small drainer, then I let the drainer sit on the paper towel in a few minutes to suck all the water out before I feed the fish. I used to do that to feed my fish in the fish only tank with live rock in last 10 years too, and I never had problems with algae. This is my first coral tank and I don't have very much experience with sps coral, for me 3 years is nothing and I am still learning.
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03-02-2011, 04:32 PM
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I was hoping that someone here had success with bio pellets and sharing their experiences how to use them to avoid water change, but it looks like there is no one here doing that.
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03-02-2011, 05:33 PM
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You can search the internet and find people that don't do water changes, but overall what can happen? System crash? Loss of minerals for coral and if not dosed properly then coral issues? Personally keep up the water changes, even small amounts is better than nothing.
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03-02-2011, 07:39 PM
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You could cut way down on your feeding. Your fish may have become lazy and stopped grazing on your rock because of the abundance of supplied food.
I have 120g with around 10 fish, I feed 4 times a week one brine shrimp cube. 4 of my fish are over 4 yrs old. I don't think you realize just how much stuff is on your rocks for them to feed on. You are supplying them with a eco system of algae and pods and various other things but still adding an abundance of food. If you cut down to a once a day feeding you'd be able to cut down the time between water changes. I preform a water change about 1 every 6 weeks if i remember. just my 2 cents
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03-02-2011, 09:44 PM
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Wow, if I can do the water change every 6 weeks, I won't complain doing this task
 . I will try to feed the fish once a day and let see if I can control the algae problem. Thanks everybody for all your help. You guys are awesome 
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03-03-2011, 02:33 AM
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03-03-2011, 12:06 AM
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If you lived in your own poopy water would you appreciate some clean water every now and then
 With corals there is really no way around water changes that I can think of.
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03-03-2011, 02:30 AM
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You were absolutely right about that ! Never thought about poopy water 
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