![]() I have 3 tanks that require large weekly water changes. I have most of my tanks set up to work with just top offs/rare changes. LOVE your tanks, wish I had the room for so many.Ĭlick to expand.Where are you getting copper from?ĭo you have fish in the planted tank? No fish/critters allows you to run a very different tank. I say this because I recently dismantled the 3 gallon to make room for the 10 gallon, that tank was constant care no matter what I did to it. Just remember, the smaller the tank, the harder it is to maintain. Don't go by water prams alone, watch your fish, they will let you know if they would appreciate a little fresh water. To make a long story short, You have to monitor your tanks. But for now, it's a 50% water change once a week, 6 guppies in a 10 gallon with only one double sponge filter is a big bio load. Almost 4 weeks in it does have 6 guppies and so far, so good, I should be able to order my shrimp soon (guppies come out at that point). I still consider it in the cycling stage. The 10 gallon dirted planted tank I'm now currently setting up to be a shrimp tank in the end remains to be seen. This might change as my shrimp population continues to grow. Other than that, it only gets whatever fresh water it takes to fill from evaporation. This tank only gets a small water change every few week, around 25%. And while I have had a BIG time shrimp population explosion, shrimp add so little to the bio load. On the other hand, my 20 gallon shrimp tank is heavily planted, has emersed houseplant roots, and 2 double sponge filters. The air in your house is fine, but that fresh air makes it better. Compare it to when you have a nice day and open your windows. Fresh water makes the fish more active, spread out more and show better color they just seem happier after a water change. But that one gets changed every week even though the water prams always test great. Between the heavy filtration and live plants, the water stays good. But because it has been going continually for over 30 years, it has a hodge podge of old (some are going on about 15 yrs old now) and new fish, plus a very successful breeding population of guppies and mollies, thus the tank is currently over populated, which adds to the bio load. It not only has 2 hob filters, but also 2 double sponge filters. ![]() My 55 gallon is modernly planted because it's hard to find plants the silver dollars don't eat. How often you have to do them depends on the tank. I'm in the you need to do water changes camp.
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