My opinion is 100% per week changing at the rate of once per day. I have been using that schedule for 2 .5 years. Others will have an opinion but I think you do not need to increase to more than 35% day and even consider changing to less, not more.
My opinion is 100% per week changing at the rate of once per day. I have been using that schedule for 2 .5 years. Others will have an opinion but I think you do not need to increase to more than 35% day and even consider changing to less, not more.
Back when we used to train Technical Service managers, we had a mantra about trouble shooting. To wit, measure, measure, measure. You can't tell anything by looking at it.
People do what's convenient for them, not necessarily what's ideal for the fish. The only way to know what is the appropriate water change rate is to measure nitrates over time. While nitrate is not the only important parameter, it's likely the best indicator of changes in water quality.
At my age, everything is irritating.
Thanks for the necessary reminder Willie! Keeping track of Nitrates for water quality changes should be a no brainer! Ha Ha... us new ones get so caught up in the hub Bub of strategizing our Ph pattern when we should be paying more attention to consistant nitrates/trites patterns. Especially when growing out young ones who just want to eat eat eat.