Are Water Changes All a Reef Tank Needs?
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- No Testing? No additive dosing? Have we been doing it all wrong?! Today, Lou Ekus from Tropic Marin is back with Thomas to discuss just that. It turns out that testing and additive dosing are incredibly important to having a successful, long-term reef tank or saltwater aquarium, and you can find out more here!
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How are the tanks from 52SE doing? Anymore updates on that series?
Two year without water change. I use all 4 Reef.
What size tank and do you keep a mixed reef or more sps? I am undecided on AFR.
Really appreciate the honest advice here. You gotta enjoy (or learn to enjoy) some of the maintenance if you want to be successful long term... (Unless you've got crazy discipline, I guess?)
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Well said!
This is not honest advise. This is the old way that is not needed any more. They are only doing this so you can just bye more products for testing because know it proven you don't need to test every week or every day. One a month is fine and you don't need to chase number and water changes are not necessary. So they loosing money because people are doing this now so why not put a video out saying test every day you have to. This video is because they are loosing profits and they need the people that don't know any better and listen to them. Look at jack Adam's videos and Chris from ACI. Completely different and proven right views.
hi Lou my aquarium is doing good thanks for all the help again appreciate it
I think I’m one of the lucky ones bc I actually really enjoy testing. 😳
I love to do the maintenance, its very zen to me. I have a ReefBot Lab to do my testing as I was spending 30 mins a day every morning testing because I love the numbers and statistics. Also, my 150 is only 4 months old. I still do water changes and dose. Love hearing all of this that I am doing is best practices.
nothing good comes with out doing water changes at least for my tanks
Enjoyed listening I monitor water parameters daily and keep records of these parameters and yes I agree it's essential to maintain a stable system and the animals will thrive I also started doses of live phytoplankton daily which has stabilised some exess nitrate and phosphates although I need some nitrogen and phosphate for my collection of macro algae
ive had a reef tank since 2004....Last 3 years i went back into after being out 7 years. I never had this kind of success. The good equipment and information available like BRS videos. It's only reason i have success now. I understand were i have to go before there is a problem. Bacto balance and NP eliminate are god sends.
I’m not even 5 minutes in and I’m looking into the Apex Jr and trident & np😅
I’m 10 minutes in now and I will add it to my wish list
The last time I tested my saltwater aquarium water was 3-years ago. Water changes every 5-weeks and weekly Vibrant dosing. No problems.
I never commented on these things, but today is special you and Lou should get more videos out. That as real as it ever going to get. The simplicity makes real and not as bad most reefer make it to be, with scientific names for most crap keep it this way and lot of people will enjoy there tanks. Ty for keeping simply
Glad you enjoyed it!
What if i did 15 gallon water change in my 60 gallon reef ? Can i just slide with that and not have trouble ? I use natural seawater from my lfs......
Good one!
Thank you! Cheers!
My Tank is 5 months Old..Not done water changes and the water quality and parameters are still up to the mark..as i do regular weekly Nitrate, Phosphate testing..am i going right way...please please guide me and update if i am wrong
I love your paper chart example, when I managed a lfs I preached don’t chase numbers be consistent. Lou your on point. Slow and steady wins the race.
Had my tank for 7 years and i still dont no what im doing lol best thing i ever did was use all for reef.
So for a new tank when should the water changes stop or slow down and start dosing? Im currently doing one every week
Great information for those who are new to the hobby. I need to get better at testing! Saved the video.
Great discussion/interview.
Good to hear!
hi Lou my aquarium is doing good thanks for all the help again appreciate it
These videos are excellent. Really enjoy the balance between these two and their varied viewpoints and experience. You two should make a master class on reefing! Maybe pull Ryan in too! It’s all a new reefer would need to fully understand the hobby at a fairly deep level.
Glad you like them!
Uncle Lou!!!
I think Lou is very wrong that ALK from 6 to 7 in a day is going to cause an issue. Just consider the BOLUS method in which ALK is jumping far over 1 dKH in a few minutes for people using that method. The corals do not care. ALK swings crashing tanks seems is a regurgitated myth because people would notice their tank crashing, check their ALK and it would be wildly off from what they expected. Of course ALK is going to be off because the corals will not be consuming the ALK when there is some other major problem with the tank. More than likely the tank is starved of nutrients, something happened with the flow, bacteria infections, heavy metal poisoning, etc causes the tank to crash and a swing in ALK is a result of the problem that is easy to test for, but it’s not the cause.
Ok so if you have a 90 to 500 gallon take you can get away without doing water changes. The purpose of doing water changes is to replenish trace elements that have been depleted. But the down side is 20% water changes does nothing to replace your trace elements completely. If your doing 50% then yes. But no one does 50% water change every week. Know you don't have to do water changes if you are doing ICP test every month and dosing what trace elements your tank is using up you will be very successful in not doing water changes. Chris from ACI has been doing this method for a while now and has had huge success. He is only talking about cal , alk and mag. With is controlled bye dosing not water change. Smaller nano tank you can get away with this. But water changes are done for trace elements to be replenished. Not cal, alk, and mag. This is just bad info here. BRS really needs to get back in the game. This guys is wrong in so many ways. Your corals will give you signs on day one not when it to late. Jack Adam's even said your coral will let you know before things get work. And like everyone been saying you don't need to chase numbers. Remember there a range you need to be in not a exact number. Your coral will show you if alk or cal is off. No need to test every week once a month is fine. You want good advice look at Chris from ACI video and you will learn the truth then from here.
What is ACI?
@@toms802 aci aquaculture
I think all these videos are always based on what I would call large aquariums (40G or bigger).
Someone starting a little 6 gallon for soft corals and a fish are going to get the COMPLETE WRONG IDEA from such videos.
Reef builders 365 no water change proves the point. It did fine and then a couple of big 50% changes and you would be good.
I love Ryan's videos giving us an overview of things in depth. I really dislike these videos because of the assumptions made but not portrayed.
I can say from experience, doing a 5L water change on a 50L is easy.
What tipping point are you talking about? If you did the water changes as stated in the original question you would reach an equilibrium, not a tipping point.
Funny enough I will testing this ethos in a tiny 2L aquarium as a experimental tank.
Difference is the lid, lighting, heating is all built for it