Water changes

[White Whale]

Graig, moving this from the newbie forum to the tropical chit chat forum. Also, here is a long thread done recently on water changes. Water Changes I used the Search option, a good feature for all. If you still have questions after reading this link, feel free to ask,,

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[fisherman9844]

I do 35-45% combination water changes/gravel vacs once a week. As has already been pointed out, I don't think there is much concern about the biological filter as long as you have a good filter. If you are concerned, you can always vac half of the gravel one week, and the other half the next week. I can see the difference in the activity of my fish following a water change so I prefer weekly changes and gravel vacs but many experienced aquarists do them a little less often.

 

[pondfreak4365]

When I first started, I was overcleaning the gravel...ie: doing about a 50% wc because I thought I needed to vacuum all the gravel every week. Now I only clean half the gravel at each weekly wc and my tank clears faster and tests always with no ammo or nitites.

 

[CFC]

Look at the date on this thread folks, it is over a year old I think the question has been answered already and the link is dead cos the post isnt there anymore .