Comments on: How Much Water Should I Change In My Salt Water Fish Tank? http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/uncategorized/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank Got Fish Tank Supplies? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cotontail2 http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/uncategorized/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-283 cotontail2 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:34:18 +0000 http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/4/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-283 Do you have live rock or corals? If so, I would do a 20% change, refill and let the tank cycle for a few weeks (like Patrick said). Do not add any critters, and keep your feeding at the bare basics. (if you have remaining fish). And test, test and test the water! I would recommend getting a larger tank. The smaller your tank, the smaller your margin for error. Go as big as you can afford. I have a 125G and want to go bigger. It is addicting. One good way to keep nitrites down is live rock and bio-wheel filters. Make sure your carbon filters are OK. I have to change mine more often because I have a higher fish load (13 fish in 125G) Once again, Test, test and test!<br><b>References : </b><br> Do you have live rock or corals? If so, I would do a 20% change, refill and let the tank cycle for a few weeks (like Patrick said). Do not add any critters, and keep your feeding at the bare basics. (if you have remaining fish). And test, test and test the water! I would recommend getting a larger tank. The smaller your tank, the smaller your margin for error. Go as big as you can afford. I have a 125G and want to go bigger. It is addicting.
One good way to keep nitrites down is live rock and bio-wheel filters. Make sure your carbon filters are OK. I have to change mine more often because I have a higher fish load (13 fish in 125G) Once again, Test, test and test!
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]]> By: Steve G http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/uncategorized/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-282 Steve G Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:03:36 +0000 http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/4/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-282 15-25% water change each day for a week that is about 7-9 gallons out of your tank good luck and get some more clownfish they are the cooliest fish in the world !!!<br><b>References : </b><br> 15-25% water change each day for a week that is about 7-9 gallons out of your tank good luck and get some more clownfish they are the cooliest fish in the world
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]]> By: Patrick K http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/uncategorized/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-281 Patrick K Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:32:06 +0000 http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com/4/how-much-water-should-i-change-in-my-salt-water-fish-tank#comment-281 If this is a new tank then let it cycle before adding any more fish. If you still have fish in it now then do enough of a water change to bring the Ammonia and Nitrite levels down to 1ppm. Because this is a salt water tank it might be best to do nearly all in one water change if the levels are extreamly high like 8ppm. If you don't have any fish right now then don't do a water change. Just let it finish cycling. Once your Ammonia and Nitrite level are 0 check your nitrates and if needed do a water change that brings them down to below 20ppm. Again it is best to do this in just one water change. If this tank is several months old then you might need to improve on your Bio filter some. You should have at least 2 inches of argonite sand. To keep the levels down you will need to do water changes. You should alway have an ammonia and Nitrite level of 0 after the tank has cycled. I prefer to keep my Nitrates below 10 but fish can handle them up around 40ppm. Phosphates are not a problem unless you have Corals. If you are going with a reef tank then you will want to keep Phosphates below .5ppm. Good Luck PK<br><b>References : </b><br> If this is a new tank then let it cycle before adding any more fish. If you still have fish in it now then do enough of a water change to bring the Ammonia and Nitrite levels down to 1ppm. Because this is a salt water tank it might be best to do nearly all in one water change if the levels are extreamly high like 8ppm. If you don't have any fish right now then don't do a water change. Just let it finish cycling. Once your Ammonia and Nitrite level are 0 check your nitrates and if needed do a water change that brings them down to below 20ppm. Again it is best to do this in just one water change. If this tank is several months old then you might need to improve on your Bio filter some. You should have at least 2 inches of argonite sand.

To keep the levels down you will need to do water changes. You should alway have an ammonia and Nitrite level of 0 after the tank has cycled. I prefer to keep my Nitrates below 10 but fish can handle them up around 40ppm. Phosphates are not a problem unless you have Corals. If you are going with a reef tank then you will want to keep Phosphates below .5ppm.

Good Luck

PK
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