Water Changes, Yes or No?

[BiGGiePauls33]

Water changes: Are you Pro, or No? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

We’re sitting here while mixing up a batch of saltwater for our new 120-gallon tank. Nothing terrible has happened, our last ICP test was okay… but we like to do regular partial water changes with our…

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[BiGGiePauls33]

I personally haven't done a water change in close to 18 months while running the Reef Moonshiners Method.

 

[Cooper2]

That's a "drops mic" post for sure..........
looks awesome!

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

That's a "drops mic" post for sure..........
looks awesome!

I wish

 

[Cpage101]

Only Sometimes never consistant

 

[Ortizdrz]

I am doing water changes , no longer as frequent as I used to. Since swapping over to soft corals, too frequent water changes seems to have kept my coral unhappy.

 

[MichaelJ]

I do water changes once every 2 weeks….mainly soft corals. I’m doing the shine, and it recommended I do some water changes….lol

 

[Chris.Reef]

running a AWC using a Neptune DOS, changing out 1.25 gallons a day. Dilution is the solution….

 

[JPags]

I was doing AWC. I switched out my old pump and bought a DOS to upgrade the AWC.

I was trying the reefmoonshiners method and I liked it. I just found the AWC much easier because it was set and forget. No manual dosing or testing. And the results are the same for me and the costs are about the same.

I think there are certain things I learned from the reefmoonshiner method about nitrates/phosphate levels and the need to actually have some nitrates in your system, that I will keep doing, just not doing the dosing of everything which is a bit of a pain..

And when you see dongs setup and all he does is water changes you realize simple and steady is the way to go.

I will never do another bucket brigade water change again.

 

[this is me]

CWC with 5 gallons a day on my system.

 

[eliotgorman]

5% manual weekly water changes.

 

[Kens Bees]

I'm also continuous. 5 changes a day, about 3 gallons total. I need to stay on top of my sand cleaning more though.

 

[Pjy95]

If your dosing and continually checking levels feel like small weekly water changes won’t hurt , I was doing 5% weekly water changes and neglected to check my levels so I depleted all my nutrients and had a Dino outbreak (lesson learned) but after this I’m gonna start doing less and less frequently

 

[Edp251]

15% every other week

 

[MarkSzy]

15% every week, bucket brigade method also. I want to switch to CWC with dosing pump but need to run the plumbing.

 

[dburr1014]

1% daily

 

[ReefAddict]

I did every 2-week water changes for a lot of years.
Now I been on the moonshiners for the last 4 months and reduced that to once a month.

.......but selling a lot of coral has me replacing water all the time.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

I did every 2-week water changes for a lot of years.
Now I been on the moonshiners for the last 4 months and reduced that to once a month.

.......but selling a lot of coral has me replacing water all the time.

Hell yea, another moonie. Coloration is ridiculous right?

 

[ReefAddict]

Hell yea, another moonie. Coloration is ridiculous right?

I am a fan. So far all good. Easy enough method and good results.

 

[Reefried]

Yes. 15 gallons weekly, about 12%