regular water changes thing of the past?? who doesnt do them who does???? - Page 2

Gripenfelter · #1 07-20-2011, 03:15 PM

I used to do 6% weekly water changes but my new skimmer pulls about 2 litres of dirty dark green gunk out of the tank daily so I'm always topping off with about 2.5 L of water a day.

So now I do 3% weekly water changes. Been about a month. Everyone still seems happy.

megatrev62 · #2 07-25-2011, 08:34 AM

Hello all.Have had a 75 up and running for about 10 months. I have just started using NSW for changes(afterall we're surrounded by it!!!) The results have been great. Only have some soft corals and just venturing into that area. But the NSW is the way to go. No more salt for me. The tank just appears more vibrant. I advocate waterchanges big time, however I do 20% bi-weekly or so. Hello to all newfs here, we need more stores lol. I go on reefcentral often and kkinda forgot about joining here lol. Cheers

reefwars · #3 07-25-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by megatrev62

Hello all.Have had a 75 up and running for about 10 months. I have just started using NSW for changes(afterall we're surrounded by it!!!) The results have been great. Only have some soft corals and just venturing into that area. But the NSW is the way to go. No more salt for me. The tank just appears more vibrant. I advocate waterchanges big time, however I do 20% bi-weekly or so. Hello to all newfs here, we need more stores lol. I go on reefcentral often and kkinda forgot about joining here lol. Cheers

yay another newf

where yua too on the rock??

megatrev62 · #4 07-26-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

yay another newf

where yua too on the rock??

From Town. You?

gobytron · #5 07-26-2011, 09:43 PM

I'm quite sure sunshine coasters and those on the gulf islands could make this work.

asylumdown · #6 07-26-2011, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by megatrev62

Hello all.Have had a 75 up and running for about 10 months. I have just started using NSW for changes(afterall we're surrounded by it!!!) The results have been great. Only have some soft corals and just venturing into that area. But the NSW is the way to go. No more salt for me. The tank just appears more vibrant. I advocate waterchanges big time, however I do 20% bi-weekly or so. Hello to all newfs here, we need more stores lol. I go on reefcentral often and kkinda forgot about joining here lol. Cheers

*sigh* to live near a source of NSW. I once brought 4 litres of it home from BC in two pop bottles, but taking in to account the plane ticket and the fuel the plane burned to fly it over the mountains, it was probably the most expensive 4% water change I've ever done.

MarkoD · #7 07-26-2011, 01:15 AM

i wish i could someday have a tank plumbed directly into the ocean......

Wanderer · #8 07-26-2011, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

i wish i could someday have a tank plumbed directly into the ocean......

not all its cracked up to be, you end up witha bunch of critters you never intended on having unless you have a very good sand filter.

whatcaneyedo · #9 07-26-2011, 01:19 AM

I'm trying to cut back but I still use about two buckets of salt ever three months. I mostly do micro water changes when I get rid of frags and larger ones when I need to fill my QT tank.

Aquattro · #10 07-26-2011, 01:26 AM

On the use of NSW...we have a guy in town here that has a 2000g tank, and for economical reasons, used to use NSW collected locally. his tank did not do well. I recall testing the water here a few years back, it was low in salinity, low in pH and both Ca and alk. I didn't test for PO4, but suspect with local run-off, that might have been high. Along with the risk of pollutants (oil, gas, etc), I'd personally not use NSW.