If I explained how I'll get bombarded AGAIN with insults by retailers that
want to sell!
I had not have a water change for a year now, it is a FWLR system ready to
be upgraded to a reef as soon as I find a good lighting system ( I am
looking into a T5).
My tank is a 65gal tank, 20gal refugium with 30 inches of livestock (add up
the length of your fish and invertebrates as a rule of thumb for an inch of
fish you need a gallon of water)
Is as easy as IN-LINE filtering. When 100% of the water goes throw the
filtering system in different phases (my filter has 7 phases that mimics the
natural environment), all the water gets treated and it returns recycled to
your tank.
Calculate the total length of your livestock and compare it to the volume of
water in your aquarium minus all the volume displaced by rock and deco.
You see, retailers like Wayne won't tell you this because they loose profit
or they just don't know. After more than 20 years as a coastal marine
biologist I designed a filtering system that does just that.
When I came here with the idea a year ago, everyone laughed and insulted me.
Now after a year of experimentation, I HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINGLE WATER CHANGE.
Am I selling my filter yet? no, still waiting for it to be patented but any
book on Marine Biology will give you the idea.
iy

"Steven M" wrote in message
.. .

BTW, there is a method to avoid water changes for more than twice a year
is
any at all.

Can you explain how? I have to do a water change at lest overother month,
might be the amount of fish I have in the tank.
Thanks Steve
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