100% WC - anyone does this?

[Gabe]

Man you are a biuzzy guy.
I do two water changes a week 15gal on Wednesday and 15 gal on Saturday
With at combined time of 30 minets lol
If you don't have 30 minets a week to devot to your hobby I feel sorry for you and I'm glad I'm not in your shoes.

Slow down man life is to short lol

Dude God bless you, you have all that time .... I work, have a family and the most time consuming hobby of all ... A WiFE!!! Nice that you are the right guy for the hobby lol !

 

[MikeC]

Really honestly you don't have a half hour a week to your self???

 

[Gabe]

I do, but its not half an hour it's more in my case. I have to get all the stuff ready. Usually Sundays very early, when everyone sleeps.

 

[piranhapat]

I understand what you saying about bacteria. Fish have a better chance to acclimate. A big water change will change water par which will effect say SPS. Yes, these shows that set up say small frag tank. Use 100% new water. And if they don't slowly dip them into tank. Your right they won't die right away. But if water par was off. Very good chance RTN will effect that frag. Has nothing to do with bacteria. it's the big swing in water par such as Ph, Alk, that changed. Not bacteria....

 

[Mattl22]

Obviously water would have to be matched to temp alk and cal
As far a light shock because water clearing up so much u might have point but I feel that could be avoided by shortening photo period temp..
100% wc sounds like a nightmare to me because I do wc with buckets but if u had it set up where u just open close few valves like the guys with fish rooms do I'd def do it when something was wrong and I couldn't figure out what

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Temperature is the main thing then water quality..not everyone's tank is the same. When you buy a new piece of livestock do you match the calcium and other levels to that of the store or person's tank it just came from? NO that's ridiculous. Most people don't even acclimate which makes me cringe they just throw a new piece into the tank. My fool proof acclimation technique works for fish and corals and I never suffered a loss because of it. People will drip a fish in a bucket for 2-3 hours and that is actually the WORST method you can use. While that bucket is sitting there for hours the temperature is dropping, so quess what? When you put that fish in the tank it's coming from colder water and can easily go into shock and/or get ich. Some people might say "well I use a heater when I do it". That's a little better in theory but it's also very easy to overheat a bucket and cook the fish..we are talking a 5 gallon bucket 1/3-1/2 full with a heater that will probably heat it up extremely fast unless it is like a 25 watter. This also requires extra stuff and electric and it's unnecessary. The best method is to just float the bag for about 15 minutes then add about 1/5 the bag volume in tank water every 20 minutes. Twice for corals 3 times for fish bada bing bada boom your livestock is happy and ready to go into it's new home. Many people do not acclimate corals but this is a much better way to introduce them into a system w/ new water conditions. No matching of elements and turd particles necessary.

 

[BaaMNYC]

I feel a big water change say between 30 to 50% once in 6 months or a year would probably be beneficial to a system in addition to weekly 10%/15% water changes. not instead of the weekly water change. Doing a 75% or 100% water change is exactly like not acclimating and shocking a coral except its an entire system.

I admit, my life has been pretty darn hectic and don't have 30 minutes to do a water change sometimes. I try and do it every sunday but with a newborn and a wife giving me the evil eye every time i do anything regarding the saltwater hobby that takes more than 5 or 10 minutes, its tough. I had plenty of time before the baby was born but im not quitting the hobby because of it.

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

Besides all that I don't think I want to waste a huge bucket of salt 50-80$ if it is not going to be beneficial as well as taking up probably 30mins to an hour of my time. I think I will reserve the huge WCs for possible disasters.

 

[Chihuahua6]

WRONG. It can be done and I have done it without issues. Think about it like this before everyone becomes a know it all and let's use some common sense...................

100% agreed! Did it many times over the years with success.

I do 20% monthly water changes give or take. Then every six months I do a huge water change removing detritus blown from the rocks. It's not a 100% change but still a large one.

The new water is matched with salinity, temperature and pH. I try and get calcium and alkalinity close so that I don't have to play catch up.

 

[BaaMNYC]

100% agreed! Did it many times over the years with success.

I do 20% monthly water changes give or take. Then every six months I do a huge water change removing detritus blown from the rocks. It's not a 100% change but still a large one.

The new water is matched with salinity, temperature and pH. I try and get calcium and alkalinity close so that I don't have to play catch up.

How large is large? 50% 75% 90%.

Do you see a benefit from doing it like more Polyp extension, better growth, etc? I'm considering putting a 50% water change a year into my routine.

 

[Breakin Newz]

Wouldn't be an issue in my opinion, I just did my tank transfer how I do all my transfers which has always worked for me!

Filled the new tank up with ALL NEW salt water and transferred all my livestock, no issues, no loses, no stress....

So I can't see why doing a 100% water change once a year being an issue, it's actually something i'd consider doing myself...

 

[Chihuahua6]

How large is large? 50% 75% 90%.

Do you see a benefit from doing it like more Polyp extension, better growth, etc? I'm considering putting a 50% water change a year into my routine.

80-90%
The main reason I do it is to rebalance trace elements and remove excess organics including chemicals released by the numerous soft corals I have. I never take out clean water. I always stir things up to remove detritus with my water changes.