There's actually more to water quality than water changes alone. Overall tank maintenance is just as important. You can change your water every day and still have water related issues if you don't maintain the tank itself. On the other hand, you may be able to do less frequent water changes if you perform perfect maintenance. Have a look at this thread. Very informative and logical... http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...-Are-Important
Theyre beautiful fish Dan, its a shame you had to shut it down.
Thanks for sharing, i'm def gonna up my w/c from once a week (50%).
I'm just wondering how the effect of such frequent water changes has on the balance of GH and PH.
What ill effects could such frequent water changes have on the water chemistry do you think?
just read this post by 'afriend' 2015. what a read it is!
everything stated makes perfect sense and makes a person realise that when you feel you may be doing enough in terms of maintenance, there are other many other variables to always to keep mindful of.
I would love to have a sand base, instead of gravel. Because I use an Eheim gravel vac every day I find this problematic (I once used sand for my smaller tropical tank) as the vac sucks up any small light particles, and I love to use the vac everyday.
Having said that, I do use the vac on my discus tank every day, to scoop up the poop (small river pebble base)
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Well if your changing your water from the tap than your fish will adjust to that ph and be fine with it. In reality it’s just another reason to up the water changes. It keeps the ph close to or the same as your tap water.
thanks for sharing!
yup, makes sense. our water here in Melbourne comes out about 7. in the tank it seems to level out @ 6. (quite a bit of driftwood in there).
whats your water like (out of the tap) there Tom ?
I'm guessing you use RO water?
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thanks Brendan. the PH of my tap water is around 7. the PH found in my tank is around 6.
I don't have the facilities to 'age' the water with regard to water changes.
Have plenty of aeration in the tank (I large inside filter + 1 smaller one - both breaking the water surface)
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what do you consider to be a bad discus Willie?
I imagine people have all sorts of 'agendas' when it comes to this hobby.
I'm happy to keep my babies happy in their environment and to reach a sizeable age, relative of course.
I guess some 'hobbyists' may be driven more by ego .. bit like cars and engines with some people ... the bigger and grunt'ier the engine .... blah blah
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Brendan, are you aware of or had interaction with Living Reef Aquariums in QLD at all ?
Yes, why?
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