water changes

by **fishkeeper90** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:29 am

in my 29g my water evaporates so that every week i need to put a gallon or so in
do i still need to do water changes

by **Snowboss4492** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:18 am

absolutley - - -water evaporates, not salt, not protiens, not waste ............so really all your losing is the good stuff

by **fishkeeper90** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:23 am

o ok so probably every month or so change 25%
or what do u recommend for a saltwater with live rock
oh yea whats FOWLR?

by **fishkeeper90** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:24 am

o ok so probably every month or so change 25%
or what do u recommend for a saltwater with live rock
oh yea whats FOWLR?

by **Burgerking7679** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:02 am

You should definately do water changes more often than once a month, even in freshwater. I'd say every two weeks is slacking.

by **TheCoralReef** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:12 am

10% once a week or 5% twice a week

by **TheCoralReef** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:14 am

10% once a week or 5% twice a week

by **breaknrun911** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:06 am

I started changing mine every 2 weeks but thats not enough. but it does cut back on the algae etc to a minimum.

by **breaknrun911** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:02 am

btw FOWLR stands for FIsh Only With Live Rock

by **fishkeeper90** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:32 pm

ok in a 30
prolly 2-3 gallons a week

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