Water Changes

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:25:44 GMT, atomweaver
wrote:

"HyperCube33" wrote in
:

I havent been into the hobby for a while and I'm considering getting
another tank and have some questions, but water changes would be the
biggest problem with our small apartment at the moment...

Are there any guidelines by how much (50%, 100%?) of the tanks water
you change out, how often, any other tips and or suggestions!


Unless you are trying to maintain certain more demanding species (discus,
etc.) the most often used rule of thumb I've seen is 20% water changes,
made weekly (for freshwater tanks).

Other tip: If you are getting back into the hobby, re-learn everything you
can about cycling a tank.

Netmax's Aquarium website helped me the most when I got into the hobby (I
like the way its laid out)

http://www.netmax.tk/

I've killfiled most of the trollers who plagued this forum in months past,
but if they become a problem for you, most of the previous posters here
migrated to a moderated forum, called "The Freshwater Aquarium";

http://groups.google.com/group/The-F...nk=gschg&hl=en

Regards
DaveZ
Atom Weaver

Good news! The trollers have been gone for a month or 2. Two posters
are currently having a squabble with each other, but none of the
attack everyone and impersonate everyone stuff.

I would clear the killfile as some of the names were acquired from
regular posters. If needed you can start filtering again.

dick