cwesley512
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How often should water changes be done on a 90g set-up, with a sump and good protein skimmer? Also, what percentage? 10%, 20% ? What do you guys do?
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meowzer
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Originally Posted by cwesley512
http:///forum/post/3014399
How often should water changes be done on a 90g set-up, with a sump and good protein skimmer? Also, what percentage? 10%, 20% ? What do you guys do?
I have a 225g with sump and good ps...I try to do 10% everyother week...
some people do more...some less
This works for me...for now anyway
http:///forum/post/3014399
How often should water changes be done on a 90g set-up, with a sump and good protein skimmer? Also, what percentage? 10%, 20% ? What do you guys do?
I have a 225g with sump and good ps...I try to do 10% everyother week...
some people do more...some less
This works for me...for now anyway
salt210
Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3014598
I have a 225g with sump and good ps...I try to do 10% everyother week...
some people do more...some less
This works for me...for now anyway
How are your params? Is this a fish only(anemones)? is it heavily or lightly stocked?
sorry about all the questions. trying to figure out a new change schedule for my 210.
http:///forum/post/3014598
I have a 225g with sump and good ps...I try to do 10% everyother week...
some people do more...some less
This works for me...for now anyway
How are your params? Is this a fish only(anemones)? is it heavily or lightly stocked?
sorry about all the questions. trying to figure out a new change schedule for my 210.
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by salt210
http:///forum/post/3014601
How are your params? Is this a fish only(anemones)? is it heavily or lightly stocked?
sorry about all the questions. trying to figure out a new change schedule for my 210.
It's pretty well stocked...I have one BTA, a stingray, and all parameters are good....That's why I say it works for me...for now...LOL
1 sailfin tang
1 yellow tang
1 blue hippo tang
4 green chromis
2 black 3-spot damsels
1 yellow tail damsel
1 pseudochromis
2 Clowns (percula)
2 Yellow clown gobys
1 bicolor blennie
1 firefish
1 lawnmower blennie
1 Cortez ray
1 coral beauty
1 dwarf flame angel
1 sandsifting goby
1 spotted mandarin
1 red spotted sand perch
1 Flame Cardinal
Nassarius Snails and more snails
3 cleaner clams (I think)
Some blue leg hermits
3 featherdusters
1 cabbage leather, 1 toadstool leather, 1 BTA, 1 Kenya tree, 1 candy cane frag, a hammer coral, a green ricordea, 1 green star polyp, 2 rocks with (lime) green zoas, 1 favia (?), xenia, 1 ORA Purple Capricornis, 1 pencil urchin(in sump), 1 pincushion urchin, 1 colored goniopora, 1 frogspawn, 1 trumpet frag
http:///forum/post/3014601
How are your params? Is this a fish only(anemones)? is it heavily or lightly stocked?
sorry about all the questions. trying to figure out a new change schedule for my 210.
It's pretty well stocked...I have one BTA, a stingray, and all parameters are good....That's why I say it works for me...for now...LOL
1 sailfin tang
1 yellow tang
1 blue hippo tang
4 green chromis
2 black 3-spot damsels
1 yellow tail damsel
1 pseudochromis
2 Clowns (percula)
2 Yellow clown gobys
1 bicolor blennie
1 firefish
1 lawnmower blennie
1 Cortez ray
1 coral beauty
1 dwarf flame angel
1 sandsifting goby
1 spotted mandarin
1 red spotted sand perch
1 Flame Cardinal
Nassarius Snails and more snails
3 cleaner clams (I think)
Some blue leg hermits
3 featherdusters
1 cabbage leather, 1 toadstool leather, 1 BTA, 1 Kenya tree, 1 candy cane frag, a hammer coral, a green ricordea, 1 green star polyp, 2 rocks with (lime) green zoas, 1 favia (?), xenia, 1 ORA Purple Capricornis, 1 pencil urchin(in sump), 1 pincushion urchin, 1 colored goniopora, 1 frogspawn, 1 trumpet frag
meowzer
Moderator
Some do them weekly, some bi-weekly, some monthly...I even read of a few that do them every 6 months
That is why I say...it works for me....what works for one in this hobby doesn't always work the same for someone else
OP...you have to try different things, important to test your water, and you will know what changes need to be done
That is why I say...it works for me....what works for one in this hobby doesn't always work the same for someone else
OP...you have to try different things, important to test your water, and you will know what changes need to be done
pezenfuego
Active Member
Dilution is the best solution to pollution. 12% Weekly for me. I have seen a tank that did water changes once yearly...
Pretty pretty and awesome tank. It was a softies only and I don't think it had fish.
Pretty pretty and awesome tank. It was a softies only and I don't think it had fish.
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/3014647
Dilution is the best solution to pollution. 12% Weekly for me. I have seen a tank that did water changes once yearly...
Pretty pretty and awesome tank. It was a softies only and I don't think it had fish.
Yeah PEZ...BUT 12% for you is what 3 gallons.......It's not that easy when you are talking 20-30-40 gallons a week
BELIEVE ME
http:///forum/post/3014647
Dilution is the best solution to pollution. 12% Weekly for me. I have seen a tank that did water changes once yearly...
Pretty pretty and awesome tank. It was a softies only and I don't think it had fish.
Yeah PEZ...BUT 12% for you is what 3 gallons.......It's not that easy when you are talking 20-30-40 gallons a week
BELIEVE ME
pezenfuego
Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3014661
Yeah PEZ...BUT 12% for you is what 3 gallons.......It's not that easy when you are talking 20-30-40 gallons a week
BELIEVE ME
6 gallons lmao...yeah I know. I'm also 15 so don't give me this crap
Do you have any idea what I'd give for a tank as big as yours...with a cortez?
http:///forum/post/3014661
Yeah PEZ...BUT 12% for you is what 3 gallons.......It's not that easy when you are talking 20-30-40 gallons a week
BELIEVE ME
6 gallons lmao...yeah I know. I'm also 15 so don't give me this crap
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/3014667
6 gallons lmao...yeah I know. I'm also 15 so don't give me this crap
Do you have any idea what I'd give for a tank as big as yours...with a cortez?
Well if you lived closer I would gladly give you an afterschool job to maintain it for me....it seems like all I do is take care of my tanks now...
AND I am setting up another one...AHHHHH what's wrong with me....kids are almost all gone and I strap myself to the house with FISH
http:///forum/post/3014667
6 gallons lmao...yeah I know. I'm also 15 so don't give me this crap
Well if you lived closer I would gladly give you an afterschool job to maintain it for me....it seems like all I do is take care of my tanks now...
AND I am setting up another one...AHHHHH what's wrong with me....kids are almost all gone and I strap myself to the house with FISH
R
rcreations
Guest
Whatever works best to keep your water parameters in check and it depends on feeding schedule, number of fish, type of fish and so on. I do 10% weekly.
cwesley512
New Member
I thought tangs would not get along if you put them in the same tank? Looks like you have few of them together.... do they pick on each other? I guess since you have such a big tank its ok.....
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by cwesley512
http:///forum/post/3014730
I thought tangs would not get along if you put them in the same tank? Looks like you have few of them together.... do they pick on each other? I guess since you have such a big tank its ok.....
I think size of tank has a lot to do with it...they don't bother each other at all...I also think certain tangs can't go together...not sure which though, but I do know the ones I have are okay...
http:///forum/post/3014730
I thought tangs would not get along if you put them in the same tank? Looks like you have few of them together.... do they pick on each other? I guess since you have such a big tank its ok.....
I think size of tank has a lot to do with it...they don't bother each other at all...I also think certain tangs can't go together...not sure which though, but I do know the ones I have are okay...
cwesley512
New Member
Have you ever seen a black tang ? those are really awesome! The are like four hundred dollars though....
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by cwesley512
http:///forum/post/3014748
Have you ever seen a black tang ? those are really awesome! The are like four hundred dollars though....
With that price tag...I wouldn't even look at it
http:///forum/post/3014748
Have you ever seen a black tang ? those are really awesome! The are like four hundred dollars though....
small triggers
Active Member
i have a 150g and I do a 15- 20 gallon change biweekly... I have 3 homer buckets and 2 5g water containers makes it alot easier. I also use a drill driven siphon and 2 10ft hoses, 1 to empty into my kitchen sink, one goes in my sump.
deejeff442
Active Member
i have a 225 with a 120 sump and a 90 .
its in the basement i keep a 55 gallon tank between then for mixing water and there is a sink fixture coming out of the wall right there.
so i am constantly making water.i just drain the tanks.
40 gallons for the 225 and 10 for th 90 .
then just use a pump to refill from the 55.
try to do it weekly.
it is a perfect set up.
i also have a 33 gallon tank just for the r/o water.
its nice to have a basement again.
its in the basement i keep a 55 gallon tank between then for mixing water and there is a sink fixture coming out of the wall right there.
so i am constantly making water.i just drain the tanks.
40 gallons for the 225 and 10 for th 90 .
then just use a pump to refill from the 55.
try to do it weekly.
it is a perfect set up.
i also have a 33 gallon tank just for the r/o water.
its nice to have a basement again.
don trinko
Member
In general; The larger the bioload ( fish ,corals etc) the more the water change. If you have a 100g tank with 2 or 3 small fish once a month at 20% is probably fiine. Put 10 big fish in the same tank and 20% once a month is not near enough. Feeding also effects your water change needs. Don T.