Water Changes

[hydropistachio]

This might be a dumb question but how often should one do a water change? and how much? I have 80g. thanks :happyfish

 

[ruaround]

10 to 20 % every week to every other week... depending on your inhabitants...

 

[schadiest1]

do you have a protein skimmer? If not the 10-20% water changes weekly are a must. If you do run a skimmer, you can get away with less.

 

[hydropistachio]

I have mostley coral but some smaller fish and inverts ....

 

[ruaround]

Originally Posted by Schadiest1
do you have a protein skimmer? If not the 10-20% water changes weekly are a must. If you do run a skimmer, you can get away with less.
a must because you dont have a skimmer... please explain...

 

[reefforbrains]

 

[hydropistachio]

I have 2 protien skimmers going

 

[ruaround]

Originally Posted by hydropistachio
I have 2 protien skimmers going
2 skimmers on a 55g??? that might be a bit of over kill... according to the post above with 2 skimmers you should be good to go without water changes for a while...
just get a routine down... with corals in your tank i would do a water change weekly... 10% to 20%...