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Reply With Quotemake the water change. The amount of fauna you loose will be less than a skimmer would pull out of the tank, and you will need to get into the habit.
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- 07-15-2001 10:46 PM #1Governor
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Water Changes.... what do you do?
I want to do my monthly water change (which I have been neglecting) But one thing comes to mind: I was wrong about saying that my tank is not live, for some reason I didnt notice it until yesterday.... I have tons and tons of planktonic "bugs" swimming around my tank!!! tons! and the DSB is soo live that the bugs come out in the day time! Now, if I do a water change, I am killing hundreds of planktonic animals, and for no good reason!
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- 07-15-2001 11:32 PM #2Governor
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Play well
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- 07-15-2001 11:37 PM #3Governor
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do the change..i try to do them every few weeks lately its ben like once a month or once every other month..but its defiantely a necessity..
90g SPS tank 90x hour turnover-
SELLING IT ALL AND GETTING OUT OF THE HOBBY FOR AWHILE...
- 07-16-2001 01:02 AM #4Tenant
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Hmmm,
Wonder how many I've flushed or fed to the plants in the house in 6 yrs I've had the reef now?
Do the change
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- 07-16-2001 01:29 AM #5Governor
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Siphon the water thru a fine-grade net and put the bugs back.
- 07-16-2001 10:07 AM #6Governor
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wgscott, good plan, that I will do! But first I need more RO water....
BTW, I still have RO water in my old water container (about 12 gallons worth) the container had a cover on it, and there was an amount of "rubble sand" (sand that fell of the LR when I was re-arranging the rock layout) The wate should still be usable right? It should even be cycled because of the sand right??
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- 07-16-2001 04:14 PM #7Tenant
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Well, the water itself doesnt actually cycle...
Keep reading and it will sink in. Its hard at first. Times and thinking on your reading and info will take care of it.
Anyway.. the water is fine to useReefHawk
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- 07-16-2001 08:05 PM #8Tenant
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I change 2.5 gallons a week, every week!
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- 07-16-2001 09:06 PM #9Governor
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I think that the reason that i have algae is because i havent done a water change in a month or so (and the one before that was really small.
silly me I think I will do it tomorow, about 15%
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