Water Changes after cycling complete

No further questions, your honor. ;D

 

ditto and only about 7 years for me and ditto on the second part toooooooo;D

 

Get in habit of regular water changes right away. Is especially important when adding livestock to new tank...


Re: "Water Changes/Ex-changes"
By Anthony Calfo
(Webmedia.com)

"...Under the best of circumstances, water quality in the aquarium after one month typically strays unfavorably downward in pH. It certainly increases in dissolved organics. Water clarity from discoloration becomes darker, however inconspicuous that might be to the naked eye during casual daily inspection. In heavily stocked reef displays – allelopathic compounds (chemical warfare) between corals, plants and algae amplify. Phosphorous and nitrogenous compounds inevitably accumulate too. The list of challenges to water quality goes on. Now instead of allowing these dynamics to crescendo before reducing them abruptly with a large monthly (or less often) water change, the smaller, more frequent water changes will dull the peaks and valleys of such swings in water quality to minimize the stress on the tanks inhabitants..."


On mixing water....plenty of opinions here...many upon many ways to do. But agree strongly not to mix and use right away...:-/

Way I do it is mix salt in very warm water (I know exact amount needed to get right salinity and only mix as much as I need) Run an airstone in it, till it cools down to tank temp...takes about 4-5 hours out in garage...

Change water.

 

Thank you. I am frustrated because I have a small amount of undissolved salt that won't go away even after being aggitated with a power head for 24 hours.