Do reactors equal less water changes?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I have a Ca reactor with added Mg. I have a zeo reactor that apparently keeps nutrients down to 0. I still do a 50g water change every 2 weeks, and wouldn't consider NOT doing them. I'm with Bill, I don't equate the 2 together.

And hence I wrote theoretically. There's always a chance of introducing foreign things that might not be taken care of by any reactors and hence water change is the ultimate thing to do to keep tank going. I myself is also a regular water changer (10 gallon every 2 weeks for my 70 gallon but will be moving to 5 gallon every week once zeovit establishes its dominance).

Water change and salt are the best things for this hobby

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

but will be moving to 5 gallon every week once zeovit establishes its dominance).

I don't understand the logic here. You're removing more wastes with larger less frequent changes. Seems doing almost as much work, twice as often, for less results is counter productive.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I don't understand the logic here. You're removing more wastes with larger less frequent changes. Seems doing almost as much work, twice as often, for less results is counter productive.

Well according to zeovit, I should do weekly water change for 5% to 10% just to replenish the trace elements since nutrients will be taken care of by zeo. Hence the more frequent wc. Plus I am going for 2 part dosing using randy's recipe which will be introducing some ions (Cl- to be precise) and so I thought more frequent changes is going to be acceptable. But this is not going to happen for this year to the least since zeo will take couple of months to kick in.


OR maybe I will just stick to my current routine....only time will tell. But its a bit hard for me to carry around 5+5 gallons of water in and 5+5 gallons of water out at once.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

But its a bit hard for me to carry around 5+5 gallons of water in and 5+5 gallons of water out at once.

Buy a long hose. If I had to carry buckets for 50g water changes, I would have quit a long time ago!!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Buy a long hose. If I had to carry buckets for 50g water changes, I would have quit a long time ago!!

Sometimes, simple things don't ring a bell till pointed out