Water change for a 220 gallon Reef
- Thread starter Micheal Escalera Sr
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I used to do them whenever I had time and my tank looked good, but not great. I now do them every Wednesday and I do see improvement. I think when you get into a routine your tank just does better. With this said I am just finishing up Plumbing in a Genesis Renew Auto water change system and I am going to move to this and do the water change daily 1 gallon at a time.
Currently change 20 gallons on my 125 total gallon system weekly
I change 75 gallons on my 550 Gallon System.
I do this amount because it is just easy for me to mix up this amount of water and I can do water changes, socks, and skimmer clean up in less than a hour on both tanks.
I also do feed heavy pellets three times a day on auto feeders and Heavy doses of frozen 2 to three times a day.
I also feed my corals.
Fridays I dose Pohls extra and Coral Vitalizer, Sundays I dose Acro Power, and Tuesdays I baste my corals the night before water change with Reef Roids and Phyto.
For me Nitrates above 5 and below 20 on Salifert and P04 above .05 and as high as .15 with good colors.
I changed to Instant Ocean about a year ago and started weekly water changes and my tank has never looked better.
I dose, but will be moving to CA RX soon as my dose is up to 300 mils of each per day.
Currently change 20 gallons on my 125 total gallon system weekly
I change 75 gallons on my 550 Gallon System.
I do this amount because it is just easy for me to mix up this amount of water and I can do water changes, socks, and skimmer clean up in less than a hour on both tanks.
I also do feed heavy pellets three times a day on auto feeders and Heavy doses of frozen 2 to three times a day.
I also feed my corals.
Fridays I dose Pohls extra and Coral Vitalizer, Sundays I dose Acro Power, and Tuesdays I baste my corals the night before water change with Reef Roids and Phyto.
For me Nitrates above 5 and below 20 on Salifert and P04 above .05 and as high as .15 with good colors.
I changed to Instant Ocean about a year ago and started weekly water changes and my tank has never looked better.
I dose, but will be moving to CA RX soon as my dose is up to 300 mils of each per day.
Is the 220 the volume of the tank or the whole system? I change 15-20 gallons a week (or every other week as I skip some) on mine, total volume of roughly 400 gallons. The more frequently I do the changes the better everything grows in the tank. My tank in the office is a 30g, I change 5g per week (roughly) and the tank has crazy awesome growth.
