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

[Wanderer]

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.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by Wanderer

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.

Canada is also surrounded by cold water and a lot of those critters die rapidly at tropical temperatures, thus polluting the tank. The water near the shore is also the most polluted.

[MarkoD]

I'd never do it in Canada. I'll one day live in hawaii

[reeferious]

i used to do bi-weekly 60 gal change with my 350 gal setup and everything was more or less just blooming. started following a lazier routine of vodka dosings, 2 part dosings and regular macro algae harvesting. everything look as fine as b/4. so i figure if your cal, kh, pot levels are fairly consistent and your nitrate and phosphate are insignificant you can get away with extened periods between waterchanges. thought about using our local georgia strait water source but then headache with filtering it clean and transporting back home outweight cost to make your own salt water. just my 2 pennies thought.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

I'd never do it in Canada. I'll one day live in hawaii

Last time I was in Hawaii, every retired person I met seemed to have been from Canada now living there. I'd love to end up there to some day. Not too hot, never cold and usually only minor storms, hard to beat that.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Last time I was in Hawaii, every retired person I met seemed to have been from Canada now living there. I'd love to end up there to some day. Not too hot, never cold and usually only minor storms, hard to beat that.

No misquitos either. My parents just bought a condo there so I'll be spending 3 weeks there in a couple months

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

No misquitos either. My parents just bought a condo there so I'll be spending 3 weeks there in a couple months

Yeah I noticed that too! Even being out in the middle of the ocean I can still go to Walmart and buy things cheaper their! What island is the condo on?