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10% water changes daily2007-11-24 23:09:20

I want to make my tank "super healthy". Right now I do about 20% water changes weekly with a gravel vac. I'm thinking about 10% the other 6 days per week. Not vacuuming the gravel, just removing 10% of the water and replacing it.

The water is clear and the fish are healthy, but I want to go beyond just the minimum.

Will this help? Hurt?

Answers:

you don't need to do water changes every day every 2 weeks in fine,

i do a water change when needed i check my levels in the tank first then if i see there rising i do a 25 percent water change.

if there is not a problem don't try fixing it

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do not change your water every day, not even 10% as eventually the amount of chlorine going in will catch up with the fish, the best thing is to carry on as you are with a 20 or 25% water change once a week. that is all you need :) just remember that a "super healthy" tank, does not have to mean "super clean".

if you do a water change each day, the chlorine will end up killing the bacteria in your sponge and cause more problems to your tank than good.

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Of course not, I do a 25% water changes a day in all my tanks (And 50% in my fry (baby) tanks.) Rather than just taking the water out the other 6 days why not just do the gravel whist your at it? Not all of it just anough of the gravel until there is about 10% of the water out.