Questions about water quality

newreef23 · 02/21/2010, 11:08 PM

Ok I made this post to figure out if theres a way to keep your water quality high enough, long enough to only have to do a small (10%-20%) water change monthly or, even better, everyother month. My Tank is a standard 75g tank. For filteration I have a coralife 120g super skimmer, A 125g wet/dry filter that i plan on making half refugium, 1 and 1/2 inch sand bed, 50 pounds of reg. rock and i plan on getting about 20pound of live rock. I have a 216watt t5( 4bulbs). I haven't set up the tank yet so i have no livestock but i plan on getting some tangs, clowns, cleaner shrimp for the tangs, a basic cleaner crab/invert package, and some corals. Will this set up keep the water clean enough by itself to do this or am I missing something? And responses would be great. I can be about the water quality or anything about the tank in general. Thank you

bhammer · 02/22/2010, 12:15 AM

Doing regular water changes is not only about clean water, it is about adding in the trace minerals that are used up by your critters. If you are in the design phase, look into and automatic w/c system. I am in the design phase on mine where I will change about 1% every day.

Also, you say tangs in your fish list. I am not of the tang police, but most here believe that a 75g is not enough room for 1 tang let alone multiple. For the health of the fish, you may want to reconsider.

bhammer · 02/22/2010, 12:17 AM

Oh, and if you are going with a reef tank, reconsider the wet/dry and look into a full sump.

02/21/2010, 11:08 PM	#1
newreef23 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 16	Questions about water quality Ok I made this post to figure out if theres a way to keep your water quality high enough, long enough to only have to do a small (10%-20%) water change monthly or, even better, everyother month. My Tank is a standard 75g tank. For filteration I have a coralife 120g super skimmer, A 125g wet/dry filter that i plan on making half refugium, 1 and 1/2 inch sand bed, 50 pounds of reg. rock and i plan on getting about 20pound of live rock. I have a 216watt t5( 4bulbs). I haven't set up the tank yet so i have no livestock but i plan on getting some tangs, clowns, cleaner shrimp for the tangs, a basic cleaner crab/invert package, and some corals. Will this set up keep the water clean enough by itself to do this or am I missing something? And responses would be great. I can be about the water quality or anything about the tank in general. Thank you

02/22/2010, 12:15 AM	#2
bhammer Addicted User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 750	Doing regular water changes is not only about clean water, it is about adding in the trace minerals that are used up by your critters. If you are in the design phase, look into and automatic w/c system. I am in the design phase on mine where I will change about 1% every day. Also, you say tangs in your fish list. I am not of the tang police, but most here believe that a 75g is not enough room for 1 tang let alone multiple. For the health of the fish, you may want to reconsider. __________________ “If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” -Wilbur Wright Current Tank Info: 280 Reef and 115 Agressive

02/22/2010, 12:17 AM	#3
bhammer Addicted User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 750	Oh, and if you are going with a reef tank, reconsider the wet/dry and look into a full sump. __________________ “If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” -Wilbur Wright Current Tank Info: 280 Reef and 115 Agressive