240 Gallon Maintenance

goldmullet · 08/08/2011, 10:29 PM

Hey guys.

I am just about to step into a 240 gallon Fish Only salt setup. So i am asking you guys how much maintenance would a tank that size require?

For example how often would I do a water change?
And how many gallon would a water change be?

Please help me out. Thanks

dzfish17 · 08/08/2011, 11:37 PM

It really depends on your stocking. I have a 600g tank with about 20 fish in it. Most of the fish are small with only a few med size fish. I only change 10% a month because of the light bio-load. There are folks on here with heavily stocked tanks that do alot of big water changes... just depends on what you want.

goldmullet · 08/09/2011, 05:05 PM

thanks. But for larger tanks it usually means less water changes correct?

HulaDad · 08/09/2011, 05:32 PM

Depends on what you keep... How many fish, what type of fish? Fish only, are you going to have puffers? A lot of fish only, fish are very messy eaters. As long as your bio-load is low, then yes less water changes...

08/08/2011, 10:29 PM	#1
goldmullet Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 319	240 Gallon Maintenance Hey guys. I am just about to step into a 240 gallon Fish Only salt setup. So i am asking you guys how much maintenance would a tank that size require? For example how often would I do a water change? And how many gallon would a water change be? Please help me out. Thanks

08/08/2011, 11:37 PM	#2
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	It really depends on your stocking. I have a 600g tank with about 20 fish in it. Most of the fish are small with only a few med size fish. I only change 10% a month because of the light bio-load. There are folks on here with heavily stocked tanks that do alot of big water changes... just depends on what you want. __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

08/09/2011, 05:32 PM	#4
HulaDad Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, NC Posts: 202	Depends on what you keep... How many fish, what type of fish? Fish only, are you going to have puffers? A lot of fish only, fish are very messy eaters. As long as your bio-load is low, then yes less water changes... __________________ 180g FOWLR with a few corals 34g Solana Reef 7.5g Reef w/DIY led's 400g FOWLR in the works

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08/09/2011, 05:05 PM	#3
goldmullet Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 319	thanks. But for larger tanks it usually means less water changes correct?