I am a for weekly water changes 100%,You will see better growth,color and health from your corals doing changes weekly, Its what you don't test for that does harm..
check this calc out..
http://reefcentral.com/calc/RODICalc.php
less frequent water changes
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blueshoes2208 - Posts: 1077
- Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:01 pm
speaking of, what else do i need to start testing for now that ive got diffrent corals. Bought a sweet bright red zoo today along with a ping pong ball size frogspawn for 5 $. Im guessing alkalinity and magnesium? Do i need to monitor phosphates or are those primarily associated with aglae blooms and thats it? Already test for cal so should b good there. What brand do i get for my strontium and whatnot??? Basically wtf do you put in your tank? haha
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lionlord3502 - Posts: 158
- Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:04 pm
i do a 25g water change every mounth or two depending on weather i rember it or not havent had any qualty problums (shut up pimp p04 dosent count) all my softys are doing great and my montys are doing awsome. hell i have even maniged to grow some of the hardest alges on the market(and i dident say that was a good thing nothing eats the shit)
and less money out of pocket. and when a water change for 3 tank youses a bucket of salt that gits pricey.
and less money out of pocket. and when a water change for 3 tank youses a bucket of salt that gits pricey.
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gldntrmite - Posts: 55
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:38 pm
I have evaporation of 10+ gallons every week so that's 10 gallons i add of fresh RO water weekly plus i do a 30-40 gallon swap once a month. All levels are good and my corals look great, only one i've lost is my Colt and it appears the heat got to it. My mushrooms have gone crazy, spread all over the tank and everything else looks incredibly healthy.
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fihsboy - Posts: 1837
- Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:20 pm
ive only ever lost two things in my tank.......a hammer coral under pc lighting.......and I had a six line jump out the back.....Never had any problems with my bi weekly water changes.
