How often do you do a water change?

[Kedd]

How often and what percentage of water do you change?

Please post a pic so I can see the health of your tank, polyp extension algae ,Coraline, fish, etc.

Please don't reply if you don't have a pic.

Kedd

 

[grisha]

8% once a week sharp

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i havent changed my water in about 4 months.. i changed 10 gallons about a week ago out of my 120 gallon tank. i run carbon, phosar, and skim the crap out of the tank..

here is my latest pics of my tank and some corals ..

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...-staten-island-other-sps-pics.html#post363026

 

[NYreefNoob]

5g every week on a total of 30g system

 

[Wes]

i'd like to say every week but lately it's been every 2 weeks. :shhh: Everything seems ok so far.

 

[juiceguy]

15-20 gal out of my 150g, once every 4-6 weeks

 

[Kedd]

OK I guess I should have not asked for pics, but I didn't post one so.
Well I've had a busy summer and mine have been a month apart, and the tank has never looked better(no pic).
When I was doing weekly to check it out and see what the outcome would be it was just OK.
Monthly has worked better for me so far.

Kedd

 

[NYreefNoob]

mine has been the opposite, maybe cause i am running a heavy stocked tank and because of total water volume, but mine has never looked better, but then again this tank has only been running about a month and a half.

 

[autoponicz]

i do a 5g WC about every week...in about 70g total volume

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

5 gallons every 2 weeks from both of the tanks.

 

[scumonkey]

My 110 gets a 15 gallon water change every week.
Water changes (imho), are one of THE MOST IMPORTANT things
anyone keeping marine tanks can do for the health of his/her animals!

 

[sporty]

15 gallons about every 2-3 months

 

[crox99]

I do 25g every 2-3 weeks on my 120g.

 

[Bob 1000]

Once every 7 or 8 months...about 50gal on a 280 gal system..

 

[Awibrandy]

35 to 40 gallons out of my 155 reef extremely stocked mostly weekly, sometimes biweekly.
30 gallons on my fowlr lately because it is way overstocked.

 

[jhale]

Please don't reply if you don't have a pic.

some of you guys missed this :scratchch



Awilada I love the Buddha in your tank


edit: oh nm I just saw what Kedd said...

 

[Awibrandy]

Thank you Jon! He is there keeping everyone in order.lol

 

[NYreefNoob]

5g weekly on 30g sps system

on a 6 fish system, all fish get along and are happy, reason for weekly water change

 

[drperetz]

yes great buddha.

I do weekly water changes for my nano.

6 gallon= 1gallon weekly. After a while I stopped doing weekly water changes switched to monthly, and everything still looked healthy...Less feedings performed though.
12 gallon=2-3 gallons weekly.

on my 45 gallon with a 10 gallon sump I used to do 5gallon water changes every 1+, 2 weeks. All water changes done with RO/DI water. Reef crystals for salt.

 

[inline6]

I'm experimenting with a no skimmer system on a 58g RR setup.
My main nutrient export is cheato, xenias, various corals and clams etc.
I test for nitrates 3-4 times a week (non-detectable).

Right now, I'm doing 5g changes once a month on a very heavy stocking load.