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08/26/2009, 10:39 PM
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water change/quality
I have a 75 gallon tank with a coral beauty, two clowns, a gramma, and a small yellow watchman in it. The rest of my livestock includes the cuc (sally lightfoot included). Basically, I plan on stopping here with fish for the next few months while I build my reef up! Since the tank is not heavily stocked, can I get by with just 5 gallon water changes each week? I also have a 20 long sump running with the tank. I'd say the total water volume is about 85 gallons.
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08/26/2009, 10:40 PM
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whoops bad math on my part...... total volume is about 90 gallons
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08/26/2009, 11:03 PM
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I would do still do 10 a week(or 20 every other week) with that load. Yes, you are definitely not heavily stocked, but you still have a decent bioload with 5 fish. I have one fish and that is my schedule on my tank...
Especially since you are going to be adding corals which benefit from the trace elements being replenished by your new saltH20.
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08/26/2009, 11:05 PM
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i agree- i do 5 gallons a week on my sumpless 20 gallon..i would recommend at least 10..
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08/27/2009, 12:58 AM
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What is your goal with doing a water change? If you're just trying to keep the fish in good water you probably wouldn't have to do any water changes. If you're trying to keep your parameters ideal for SPS or other corals than you might need to do more frequent water changes based on how quickly they depleted.
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08/27/2009, 12:36 PM
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I have a few sps as of now, but they are just frags.... I do not think I will be purchasing anymore of them. I plan on adding a lot more softies, though. As of now, I have a brain frag, monti. cap. frag, zoas, some more polyps, pulsing xenia, acro frag, candycane with 3 heads, and I also have about a baseball sized frog spawn. Next, I am getting a leather.
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08/27/2009, 02:18 PM
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If 5 gallons is what you can easily pull off, then go with that. Yes, it could be argued that 10 is better (some might even argue the opposite), but 5 is definitely better than none.
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08/27/2009, 03:07 PM
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I do 5 gallons a week on my 65 and I have many SPS, and a few LPS. And my friend used to have a 75 and did 5 gallons a week and had a beautiful tank. As long as the rest of your husbandry is good I think you will be fine.
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08/27/2009, 03:38 PM
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I do 5 gallons on each of my tanks (( 33, 58 and 75 )). The reason I do 5 gallons is because that is the size of the old salt buckets that I have laying around. It is easiest for me to use that amount, and IMO, it is more important to do what is easiest for you, instead of what is considered to be ideal. The odds are better that you will keep doing them regularly if it is easy.
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08/27/2009, 03:51 PM
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08/27/2009, 06:49 PM
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if your just trying to cover your bio load then a good skimmer will do much better than a larger WC. I think a 5gal change ever week should be fine myself.
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