water changes

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by dewy

I keep reading about water changes and I have not changed water in a year. all I do is add water using drip method with caluim milk ,iodine and trace elements and iIhave not had a death or problem since stopping the water changes. I have added 50 lbs of live rock from jl and never got a spike. ph added monthly why the need for water changes?
darren

you will soon, it may not be a single problem but may rather appear as a series of nascences. I did the same thing you are doing when I started and it was about the year to 1.5 year mark the problems started showing up.

Steve