First Water Change?

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  1. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    my tank is 5 weeks old today and i was wondering when i should do the first water change? No livestock yet and just started the light cycle and filtering?;)
     
    crustytheclown, Oct 29, 2009
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  2. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    Wait tell nitrates drop to 0. There is bacteria cabable of processing nitrates. You just have to give it time to establish itself.
     
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  3. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    my tank is now a little over six weeks old and is going through the first algae bloom. There is brown diatoms and green "fern like" algae on the glass. Should i wait for this bloom to be over before a water change or will this matter?
     
    crustytheclown, Nov 8, 2009
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