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12-23-2006, 04:46 PM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
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Water Changes BB
I would like to get a general idea of water changes people do with successful BB tanks. Frequency and %
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
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12-23-2006, 05:03 PM
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Is it gonna rain today?
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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About 7 to 10% per week.
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12-23-2006, 05:16 PM
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c.a.g. owner and operator
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: st.pete florida
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if i remember or feel like it 14 gals a month . 14 gal is two water jugs (all i have ) .
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save the beach ! go bare bottom ........
gary
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12-23-2006, 05:25 PM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: right now? in my chair
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I'm guilty - and lazy - as charged.
Have not done a water change in over three months.
But I do need to siphon out the sump and a couple of little piles of sand in tank, so it's off to get water I go...
......I guess.
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12-23-2006, 07:28 PM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
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Hi gary what is the size of your tank?
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
~If I could only remember half of what I've learned~
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12-23-2006, 08:08 PM
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AKA Scooterman
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lafayette, La.
Posts: 352
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I haven't changed any water yet in my new tank but I'll have to come up with a system. The only thing I needed done so far was suck up LR shed & ran & micron filter sock over night as far as cleaning goes. My other tank I would change about 30g once a month, which was about 30% but that wasn't good enough for the way the tank was set-up, which makes a big difference on how much cleaning is necessary. I guess that may be a little off wc subject sorry! |
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12-23-2006, 10:21 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
Posts: 10,636
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for the last year i've been doing about 15-20% a week. It's quite agressive, but i have a smaller tank and am still in recovery mode from a severe algae growth about 15 months ago. I hope to be able to pull off about 10% every two weeks once i have a larger tank set up (going from a 70 gallon system to a 160 gallon system. |
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12-24-2006, 10:18 AM
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c.a.g. owner and operator
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: st.pete florida
Posts: 2,311
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Hi gary what is the size of your tank?
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a 180 . but even when i had the 75 set-up i was not much on w/c.
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12-27-2006, 05:31 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Posts: 1,478
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I do 5-10 gal every 10 days or so.
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55gal... BB of course! 
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12-27-2006, 09:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 207
Reviews: 1
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water changes
20 gallons every weekend... Just got this RO/DI a month ago...Might as well use it  Before this I did 10 gallons every weekend!
Now I need to find a salt ( reef crystals) producing TREE and Im set !! 
Probably overkill but it has prevented the nasties from appearing for me!! |
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12-27-2006, 10:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gainesville, FL
Posts: 317
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90g+33g sump;
Do waterchanges when sump has too much poop settling; mostly once a week, sometimes twice. Each W/C 5 gallons.
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12-27-2006, 11:11 PM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
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dbjonso what is the size of your tank?
Thanks
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
~If I could only remember half of what I've learned~
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12-28-2006, 05:55 PM
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Reef Nut
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,215
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I have a 5.5 gal and do about 2 gallons every week, in my 29 I do about 8 a week.
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12-28-2006, 06:36 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 207
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tank size.
180 (72x24x24)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
dbjonso what is the size of your tank?
Thanks
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12-28-2006, 06:39 PM
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The Mad Reefer
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Baltimore, md
Posts: 454
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10 gal a week
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