Water changes

[jimmywr]

Hi all, just thought id start a thread on water changes.
How often do people change there water and how much?
Me myself change every 2-3 days 20 percent.
Fry tanks every 2 day 30-40 percent.








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[ccole]

hi there

I change fry tanks 10% every day and other tanks 20% every 4 days

 

[Doodles]

Im not purposely breeding right now, so don't water change as often. I do my tanks once per week and change around 25-30% of the water. I also gravel clean 25% per week and in the tank that has sand substrate, i stir it all around every week to prevent dead spots and any other bacterial build ups that could cause damage to my fish and the barbels of my corydoras. Planted nano gets 50% change per week.

 

[macvsog23]

5% per day all tanks except planted tank that gets 10% two times a week

 

[phoenix44]

About 20-30% once every week or two.

 

[Joby]

I water change fry tanks every day 25-50% (6 at present) breeding groups (or would be) 25% every night at present (7 at present) and the rest 25% 3 times a week

Total of 18 tanks and a lot of water, thank goodness not on a water meter :whistle:

 

[Tener ds]

10% a day on my edge,10% every 2 to 3 days + 5% a day poo cleaning 75L tank.

 

[bigbird]

in summer 50% once a week, in winter every 5days 20%. I also tend to feed less in winter. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Zebra Pleco]

20% daily

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
10% per day all tanks under about 100l, more on smaller tanks dependent upon their size, anything as small as 30L about 25% a day. My tanks are all planted, and I do sometimes have to leave them without water changes whilst I away. After 2 weeks without a water change I change enough water to get the conductivity back down to about 150MicroS, and then return to a small water change every day.

cheers Darrel

 

[mikebren12]

20% once a week

Mike

 

[boogaloo]

I change 20-25% on my tanks weekly, aside from my Rekord 70, which gets a 15% change every 4-5 days.

 

[SmithRC]

I do about 15% every few days on our tanks... on the big tank thats about 120L each time!

(and we are on a water meter!)

 

[BENNO]

35% each week on my racking and 50% on my 6x2x2 180gal a week and i am too on a meter

 

[Brengun]

25-30% once a week or up to 10 days for a lightly stocked tank.
My reasoning is, should I get sick or have to leave for a week, all tanks will be fine until I get back and I only need someone to toss a little bit of food in for me.

 

[zeebo]

10% daily, 25%every fri with gravel vac
Georgine

 

[L777]

Hi,
50% weekly on all tanks except fry tanks using 100% re-mineralized RO water. TDS never goes above 125ppm and usually hovers around 100ppm. If it does I do extra water changes.

Fry tanks get 25% every other day.

 

[Ltoro]

40% every 4 days on my planted Juwel 450, 50% every 7 days on my 5ft cichlid tank and 30% everyother day on my 120lt grow out tank.

 

[BBruce]

Hi, I change 20% once a week.

 

[jimmywr]

Thanks guys.
Interesting to see what everyone else dose.
keep them coming thanks:clap: