Water change reuse?

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Most people do a 15% water change once a month. I like doing a 50% water
change about once every 3 to 6 months.

I do 6 gallons change in my 55 gallon tank weekly. Because
of all the rocks and corals, it's probably more than 15%.
The RO/DI has to be run weekly anyhow, and some green algae
has to be removed that often and the additives are used
weekly + the coral feeding and the anemone's weekly shrimp
diet, so it just seems convenient. Also, 6 gallons is how
much fits in the pail, so I don't have to measure the level
in the tank. It just seems all around simpler to do all the
weekly stuff at once.

rtk

Yep, and setting things up so that they are easier for you
is key. When it's easy, it gets done.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



rtk wrote on 11/9/2006 7:57 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Most people do a 15% water change once a month. I like doing a 50%
water change about once every 3 to 6 months.

I do 6 gallons change in my 55 gallon tank weekly. Because of all the
rocks and corals, it's probably more than 15%. The RO/DI has to be run
weekly anyhow, and some green algae has to be removed that often and the
additives are used weekly + the coral feeding and the anemone's weekly
shrimp diet, so it just seems convenient. Also, 6 gallons is how much
fits in the pail, so I don't have to measure the level in the tank. It
just seems all around simpler to do all the weekly stuff at once.

rtk

It seems to me that you don't have an aquarium, the aquarium has you!
Do you ever go on vacation? if that's so, who does your weekly water
changes?
As far as I know, your weekly water changes replace all the filters in your
tank, might as well get rid of those because they are doing nothing to your
water.
And you only have a 55?
I have a friend that spent $3k on hardware and does water changes every 4
days, yes, almost twice a week.
I have to brag about it now, I have a 65gal with a minitank in series of 20
gal, total of 85gals on my system and haven't done a water change in a year
yet with 30 inches of livestock that is the envy of my neighbors because of
how good it looks in my favorite place.
Soon I'll be posting pictures here but until I can manage to build a better
illumination system, I have to wait!
iy

"rtk" wrote in message
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Wayne Sallee wrote:
Most people do a 15% water change once a month. I like doing a 50% water
change about once every 3 to 6 months.

I do 6 gallons change in my 55 gallon tank weekly. Because of all the
rocks and corals, it's probably more than 15%. The RO/DI has to be run
weekly anyhow, and some green algae has to be removed that often and the
additives are used weekly + the coral feeding and the anemone's weekly
shrimp diet, so it just seems convenient. Also, 6 gallons is how much fits
in the pail, so I don't have to measure the level in the tank. It just
seems all around simpler to do all the weekly stuff at once.

rtk

I have to brag about it now, I have a 65gal with a minitank in series of
20 gal, total of 85gals on my system and haven't done a water change in a
year yet with 30 inches of livestock that is the envy of my neighbors
because of how good it looks in my favorite place.

No water changes in a yeah? Huh? Snicker.

I haven't done a water change over a year either. Most of these knuckle
heads in this NG are brain washed into thinking you have to do water
changes. The people who push it are LFS owners like Wayne. The more water
changes you do the more money he makes.

One of the very last times I did a water change, I screwed up my water
chemistry and killed half my fish. I stopped doing water changes and my
nitrites, ammonia and nitrates are all undetectable!

No water changes in a year NOT yeah.

Great, at least I am not alone...
You are right, the only reason people do water changes is because their
filters don't work properly.
LFSs like Wayne make a lot of money of fooling people to buy a bunch or
intruments that don't do anything so they have to go back to him and buy
water...
How about posting pictures here of our tanks?
I can't wait to show mine.
iy
"bo0ger1" .@. wrote in message
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I have to brag about it now, I have a 65gal with a minitank in series of
20 gal, total of 85gals on my system and haven't done a water change in a
year yet with 30 inches of livestock that is the envy of my neighbors
because of how good it looks in my favorite place.

No water changes in a yeah? Huh? Snicker.

I haven't done a water change over a year either. Most of these knuckle
heads in this NG are brain washed into thinking you have to do water
changes. The people who push it are LFS owners like Wayne. The more
water changes you do the more money he makes.

One of the very last times I did a water change, I screwed up my water
chemistry and killed half my fish. I stopped doing water changes and my
nitrites, ammonia and nitrates are all undetectable!

You say you want pics?

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...l****erID.html

rtk

That's silly. Maybe one day you will set up a reef tank,
and then you will know what this news group is all about.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Inabón Yunes wrote on 11/9/2006 8:54 PM:
It seems to me that you don't have an aquarium, the aquarium has you!
Do you ever go on vacation? if that's so, who does your weekly water
changes?
As far as I know, your weekly water changes replace all the filters in your
tank, might as well get rid of those because they are doing nothing to your
water.
And you only have a 55?
I have a friend that spent $3k on hardware and does water changes every 4
days, yes, almost twice a week.
I have to brag about it now, I have a 65gal with a minitank in series of 20
gal, total of 85gals on my system and haven't done a water change in a year
yet with 30 inches of livestock that is the envy of my neighbors because of
how good it looks in my favorite place.
Soon I'll be posting pictures here but until I can manage to build a better
illumination system, I have to wait!
iy

"rtk" wrote in message
...
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Most people do a 15% water change once a month. I like doing a 50% water
change about once every 3 to 6 months.
I do 6 gallons change in my 55 gallon tank weekly. Because of all the
rocks and corals, it's probably more than 15%. The RO/DI has to be run
weekly anyhow, and some green algae has to be removed that often and the
additives are used weekly + the coral feeding and the anemone's weekly
shrimp diet, so it just seems convenient. Also, 6 gallons is how much fits
in the pail, so I don't have to measure the level in the tank. It just
seems all around simpler to do all the weekly stuff at once.

rtk

That's silly. Maybe one day you will set up a reef tank,
and then you will know what this news group is all about.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


bo0ger1 wrote on 11/9/2006 9:09 PM:
I have to brag about it now, I have a 65gal with a minitank in series of
20 gal, total of 85gals on my system and haven't done a water change in a
year yet with 30 inches of livestock that is the envy of my neighbors
because of how good it looks in my favorite place.

No water changes in a yeah? Huh? Snicker.

I haven't done a water change over a year either. Most of these knuckle
heads in this NG are brain washed into thinking you have to do water
changes. The people who push it are LFS owners like Wayne. The more water
changes you do the more money he makes.

One of the very last times I did a water change, I screwed up my water
chemistry and killed half my fish. I stopped doing water changes and my
nitrites, ammonia and nitrates are all undetectable!

Great tank!
Can you share the lighting system you use?
Thanks, I thought I was alone against the water changes.
BTW, I see is an edu site, is that tank in your house or on campus?
As soon as I build my new hood, I will be posting my pictures here too...
This is getting interesting, I bet the LFSs here are going to hit you hard
now.
iy
"rtk" wrote in message
...
You say you want pics?

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...l****erID.html

rtk