Dolly Sprint 16v
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Quote from article Setting up a “higher†tech planted tank.
Do change lots of water. At first replace 50% every day for a few days, then every other day. After a couple of weeks you can slow this down as long as you don’t see any algae (other than a few green spots on the glass – this is perfectly normal!) or dirt building up. It is important to keep up large water changes every week. With the recommended EI fertilisation you need to do 50% water changes every week on this tank. These will remove any organic wastes building up in the water as well as keeping the tank looking sparkling!
Can somebody explain the reasons for doing this activity other than stated above: My thoughts are by removing spend water and adding fresh water would have an adverse affect on the quantities of bacteria that are within the filter ie you are weakening / remove or killing off the bacteria that is present within the filter media or does it work the other way by giving the existing bacteria a kick up the side in producing more to replace what has been removed, weakened or killed off by the water change.
Regards
Paul.
Do change lots of water. At first replace 50% every day for a few days, then every other day. After a couple of weeks you can slow this down as long as you don’t see any algae (other than a few green spots on the glass – this is perfectly normal!) or dirt building up. It is important to keep up large water changes every week. With the recommended EI fertilisation you need to do 50% water changes every week on this tank. These will remove any organic wastes building up in the water as well as keeping the tank looking sparkling!
Can somebody explain the reasons for doing this activity other than stated above: My thoughts are by removing spend water and adding fresh water would have an adverse affect on the quantities of bacteria that are within the filter ie you are weakening / remove or killing off the bacteria that is present within the filter media or does it work the other way by giving the existing bacteria a kick up the side in producing more to replace what has been removed, weakened or killed off by the water change.
Regards
Paul.