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greenmonkey51    Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004   | I know that it depends on a number of factors but whats a general idea for water change percentages and frequency. Also how much do you do on your tanks. |
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DarkRealm Overlord      Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002  | I personally like to do larger water changes once a week. When I had my 180 set up (with 80g refugium) I would do a 50g water change once a week....on my current 10g I do a 6 gallon change every week. A lot depends on what type of tank you have (reef, FO, FOWLR) and what your water parameters are at, etc. |
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| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | For a FOWLR would 20% be good on a 75g w/o sump. Also is it generally cheaper to get salt from lfs than on the internet. Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 18-Nov-2005 00:58 |
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| lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003 | Id say buying salt online is generally more expensive, but that is due to the expensive shipping because the buckets are heavy. So unless an online place has a free shipping deal its probably best to just get it locally. |
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| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | Whats a good starter book and whats a good saltwater dedicated forum. |
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terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003  | greenmonkey... [link=http://www.reefcentral.com]http://www.reefcentral.com" style="COLOR: #3c4e82[/link] For other links read the article at the top of this forum. The end has lots of ideas.  Books? Reef Invertebrates by Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner -Formerly known as the Ferretfish |
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mattyboombatty   Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004  | I only do 25% on my tank - 30G with 30G sump = about 40-50G of water volume. I try my hardest to do that once a week. Right now it's understocked and underfed, so there's not much waste buildup. I also like the book Marine Fishes by Scott Micheal for a reference guide. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients |
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