I got reading...

jden092901 · 12/20/2007, 02:35 PM

I got reading about water changes...I have a 30 gallon tank and I do only 1.5 gallon water change a week. Should I be doing more like 3 gallons, making it 10%? I cant get my nitrates to 0...they stay anywhere from 2-5.

Blown 346 · 12/20/2007, 02:52 PM

You dont have to do weekly water changes, In that amount of time the elements in the salt mix you use arent all being used. I do my water changes once monthly at 15%.

jun_celis · 12/20/2007, 03:50 PM

2-5 nitrates is really good. Although, 0 is even better. Some people here in RC would kill for that reading. Making it 3 gallons instead of 1.5 should not make a dent on your nitrates anyway.

Altpers0na · 12/20/2007, 03:50 PM

some people dont do any regular water changes..

dsn112 · 12/20/2007, 04:14 PM

i do 5g every 3 weeks or so on my 30, I have never really read anything for nitrates. My fuge is helping consume them though.

MalHavoc · 12/20/2007, 04:18 PM

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12/20/2007, 02:35 PM	#1
jden092901 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 367	I got reading... I got reading about water changes...I have a 30 gallon tank and I do only 1.5 gallon water change a week. Should I be doing more like 3 gallons, making it 10%? I cant get my nitrates to 0...they stay anywhere from 2-5. __________________ 120 Gallon Reef 40 Gallon breeder sump/fuge ASM G3 skimmer Mag 12 return pump Sea swirls and 2 Koralia 4's Filter sock 200 lbs live rock 140 lbs live sand Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef

12/20/2007, 03:50 PM	#4
Altpers0na ARS Caesar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Western PA Posts: 1,235	some people dont do any regular water changes.. __________________ We are not descended from fearful men. The Final Countdown is now stuck in your head. I use "..." excessively Current Tank Info: tankless

12/20/2007, 04:14 PM	#5
dsn112 Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,139	i do 5g every 3 weeks or so on my 30, I have never really read anything for nitrates. My fuge is helping consume them though. __________________ I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I got it all!! Current Tank Info: Fluval Edge w LED freshwater. Looking at doing a 20-40g long penninsula fowlr soon

12/20/2007, 04:18 PM	#6
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	This thread has been merged. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/20/2007, 02:52 PM	#2
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	You dont have to do weekly water changes, In that amount of time the elements in the salt mix you use arent all being used. I do my water changes once monthly at 15%.

12/20/2007, 03:50 PM	#3
jun_celis Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Algonquin, IL Posts: 1,487	2-5 nitrates is really good. Although, 0 is even better. Some people here in RC would kill for that reading. Making it 3 gallons instead of 1.5 should not make a dent on your nitrates anyway.