Question About Water Changes

[Eddie McVay]

I am rightnow doing a 25% water change weekly on my custom 50g build. Do I need to do it on a daily basis? Will 1 1/2 gallon water change daily be enough to meet the needs of a week? How effective it would be?

 

[Josh]

Im by no means an expert however unless you are doing water changes that large and that often to treat some type of "situation" i would only recommend 10-15% once every week or two. Depends alot on your bio load and the shape of your water. If you are constantly battling nitrates/phosphates being high then yes doing more water changes is better. However to me that seems like quite a bit of overkill.

Small often water changes shouldnt do any harm but like i said unless you are treating a specific issue it seems to be a bit of overkill.

PS. Damn thats dedication

 

[shamous113]

+1 too what @Josh Said, I try to do 10% every week but I'm able to skip a week every now and then with no ill effect, large volume water changes are used when your having problems that need to be addressed immidatly. I know @Nighthawk26 was doing a auto 1% / day. here is a good article on water changes http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/rhf/