water change

Just wanted to start a thread where everyone can share their maintenance setup and favourite tools that they use during their weekly / bi-weekly / monthly aquarium maintenance sessions. (The real reason for this thread is for me to look at what else I can buy to make water changes, trimming...

Hello all, I'm fairly new to high tech tanks and shrimp keeping. I'm basically scared to do large water changes and to use a high dosage of fertilisers. How do you keep shrimps in a high tech tank? For water changes: EI method suggests 50% weekly Shrimp keepers suggest 10% weekly eco I...

Hey guys. About to create my first nature scape tank in a couple of weeks. Gathering my supplies. So I was wondering what everyone is doing to change the water? I see this python changer getting a lot of positivity in the USA. But what about the UK? My concern about the python is how much...

Hello everyone, I would like to have an explanation with some degree of details, explaining the necessity of regular water changes (say 2/3/4 or more times a week) during the initial few weeks after setup. I understand that the overall idea of water changes is to get rid of the organics in the...

Been battling it for a month. Using toothbrush to scrape it off plants. The worst part was the sponge filter it loves porus materials. I didn't think it would work or in fact would make it worse.. but thought I would try it as a last resort option. I completely shut off the co2 and after a...

Hi all, So I’m hoping someone can provide me some more insight into why we need to do a weekly water change. I know everyone says you need to do between 25 to 50% water change weekly, but for me I want to know why, I am trying to understand why we need to do this. Before I go any further I...

i have been looking into the first two methods of taking care of our underwater ecosystem. for years people have been doing water changes and we all know it works BUT does that mean its the only method of taking care of your aquarium. i would like to know your thoughts and opinion about which...

Hi, for both practical and educational purposes how does dosing EI and water changes go when: 1. Water changes are made daily? 2. Water changes are made twice a week? Also, when doing a water change is it better to change as much of the water possible rather than 50? I mean doesn't 90% water...

Hi there, I'm planning a discus tank and am going to get a HMA filter for the water. A lot of people seem to go with the DD HMA filter which is around £85. However, on eBay there seems to be ones available for a bout £35. I know these filters will need changing more frequently, but is there...

In my previous setup I struggled with buckets and hoses to make the necessary water changes. Such was the struggling that it finally got the best of me and so I did not follow the necessary WC regime I should. Not to forget the foul taste of aquarium water too :sick: I knew of the python water...

For Planted Aquariums With Estimative Index Good day, First let me tell you that since I embrace this hobby and as time goes by I always question my self some theorys and methods that are taken as functional and it seem also cientically proven without question. Well.. since I remember myself...

Hi everyone, When I need to do my weekly 50% water changes ( about 110 litres), I usually store my tap water in a big plastic container mixed with Seachem's Prime for 24 hours. And since my tank's temperature is now 25C (77F) and my tap water's average temperature is around 29c to 30c (84F to...

Hi guys, Quick question, i filled up my tank yesterday for the first time, how often should i be doing water changes now and how much? Thanks

I am about to start my first planted aquarium in a 100 litre tank. I have experience in maintaining tropical aquaria but I focussed on the fish rather than plants. I have selected some point next week to start up the aquarium, but I recently had a thought; how do I get the water into the...