[AquaticLife] Question about salt?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:41:31 pm Steve Szabo wrote: > > This also argues for the occasional massive water change in your tank, even > if you are not adding any substance to the water, since various minerals in > even the softest water will gradually build up due to the evaporation that > is not replaced. It is more efficient to do a massive water change once or > twice a year than to continually replace evaporation each week prior to > changing you water.
I have had no problems doing massive (90%) water changes on tanks and will do this once or twice a year to ‘reset’ the tank water concentrations. Also 50% water changes are not a problem.
I used to believe the old ‘aged water’ myth when I was young, but of course now know the bacteria live elsewhere and the water is just water (within reason).
It’s hot here and with all the evaporation and top ups, the tanks can get very out of whack here.
tim
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