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View Poll Results: How often do you truley do a water change?

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  • Once per month

    17 56.67%
  • About every 2-3 months

    6 20.00%
  • About every 4-6 months

    3 10.00%
  • Once a year or you dont at all

    4 13.33%
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Thread: Water changes, how often do you?

  1. #31
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    Me about every 2 to 3 weeks 15 gallons, with reefcrystals salt
    Paul
    120g Softy/Lps, 30g Sump/Fuge, Current Tank Born Nov 2005, T5/Mh , #2 TOTQ 2013


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  2. #32
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    The poll came out to be interesting and fun.

    Obviously a higher pecentage changes their water once a month or more, but it is actaully pretty scattered among the others and their are 1000's of members and only us that are on here all the time posted. Like stated before I will part of the once a month club soon if not every 3 weeks once I have my tank up and running with the SPS.
    Ray Allen
    San Antonio, TX
    1604 Culebra/Shanefield
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    40g Breeder Reef Aquarium

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    I have a small yearly calendar inside the stand doors and I check it periodically to see when the next h2o is due, I usually empty out all the sump(@5-7 g) first around the next week or so of the month and close to the last week of the month I do the 25-30 % h2o change. The way I usaully (key word usually) keep track on a regualr basis is by doing the changes everytime I get paid which is every two weeks.

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    I have customers that do them twice a week and some that do them twice a year. Both have great tanks. I think that your tank will adjust to the water changing as long as you keep the same schedule. I also think that what you keep will affect when you should do changes. Some inhabitants may like cleaner water some dirty.(softies vs sps) We average 10 % a week taken out everytime we sell a bag.
    I'm theedprado and i approved this message.

  5. #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by theedprado View Post
    I have customers that do them twice a week and some that do them twice a year. Both have great tanks. I think that your tank will adjust to the water changing as long as you keep the same schedule. I also think that what you keep will affect when you should do changes. Some inhabitants may like cleaner water some dirty.(softies vs sps) We average 10 % a week taken out everytime we sell a bag.
    Agree 100%.
    Ray Allen
    San Antonio, TX
    1604 Culebra/Shanefield
    rba0284@gmail.com
    40g Breeder Reef Aquarium

  6. #36
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    about 35 gallons every 10 days.
    Bill

    215g FOWLR... and anemones, GSP, gorgonians... carp, that isn't FO!

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