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Why Water Changes Matter Most for Your Saltwater Aquarium! - Ep: 25

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Set yourself up for success and don't skimp on water changes for your aquarium! Today, in episode 25, Matthew gives us a run down through the best practices for getting your water changes done the right way...along with some mistakes you won't want to miss.
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@johngalactus4014 2 года назад

I changed the water in my tank the first year, every 2 weeks (25%). It is a 250 gallon tank. After the first year, I changed it to once a month. And a year after that.. I never did another water change. It's approaching 3 years now with no water changes. I dose Ca, Mg, Alk and Vodka. Parameters are great. My corals are mostly super easy mushrooms and other softies. Weekly I top-off with freshwater, drain the skimmate and clean the glass. Bi-weekly I do a more thorough glass cleaning and use a turkey baster to blow off detritus off the rocks. I also clean my algae scrubber and clean the protein skimmer.

@shanketbhikha6509 2 года назад

Same for me in after year and half been great no wc

@bad65dad 2 года назад

I'm with you I've been keeping saltwater fish 30 years I never do d water changes no more started 2 years after doing for years my water is better no fish dying in a 1 to 2 years I dose Vodka 0 to .5 nitrates on both 125gal Fish only tank and 70 gal reef.

@ErickTiki 2 года назад

My 350gal is over 15 years old and I NEVER do water changes....no death and no problem....each tank is its own world.

@raysville7256 2 года назад

Do water changes deplete a well-managed tank of some of its biodiversity?

@Boogerdick69 2 года назад

Sorta me but with a 40 breeder lololol, just hit the 1 year mark. I did 5-10g water changes ever week, I now do a water change every month or 2.

@SpiegNet 2 года назад

Agree with you on routine water changes for newer tanks, but after a couple of years, they are not as important... when mature biome exists, it can eliminate nutrients as they are created. You just need to dose enough major/minor/trace elements to keep up with consumption.

@fishpony1211 2 года назад

I can add to tip #7 Use a Filter Sock: i clamp a filter sock in my sump so i dont have to turn off pumps or flow. It helps clean out detritus in between water changes. Its also how i get rid of algae!

@mcampbell1131 2 года назад

I built an Auto Water Change system with 2 5ga water containers and 2 Kamoer Dosing pumps. I remove and replace 1/2ga or 1800ml everyday. The system works great I replace the water every 12 days.

@darrendegraw7393 2 года назад

I can't tell you how many times I have started a WC and walked away to just come back to find water cascading over the tank. :) Some good important tips. Nicely done video Matthew.

@keeferdog5617 2 года назад

PRO TIP- Love the vids Matthew but you missed one very important tip. With that utility pump you’re using to drain the old 5 gallon tank water into the drain, use the pump in the NEW clean saltwater tank to 1. Keep the new saltwater mix dissolved and mixed up and even MORE IMPORTANTLY 2. Use the pump to refill the aquarium with the new saltwater. You showed a clip of you lifting the heavy 5 gallon bucket and pouring it into your tank. Too many things can go wrong with this approach. Just plug the pump in and place the tubing into the tank and SMOOTHLY add the new saltwater to the tank with out disturbing the livestock, corals and sandbed in the tank. No cloudy, messy or disturbed aquarium after the water change…(but you knew that)

@CalcioFan4Ever 2 года назад

That filter sock cleanup without getting rid of the water is a great idea thank you

@DGGuaglianone Год назад

The clamp is a great idea

@calvinsm 2 года назад

So helpful! Thank you!

@freakygoblin3068 2 года назад

I use water changes as a chance to wash some equipment such as the skimmer cup using the waste water. Keeps my other half happier than if I used a sink ;)

@Bam-Bam1 2 года назад

Your macro tank is beautiful man! 😍

@aquapuncture 2 года назад

The future seahorse tank is looking MUCH better! Thanks for the Tip & Trick #3, especially if stirring up the sandbed.

@FoolOfATuque 2 года назад

I use a python water changer. It has a Venturi to vacuum the sump or display tank. It’s super handy

@tatooz52967 2 года назад

Great video and advice. Keep them coming

@FamilyTanks 2 года назад

I’ve said many times “if you don’t want to do water changes, you’re in the wrong hobby”. It’s as basic as feeding your fish. Only exceptions would be >300 gallons running triton, which begins to blur the line between hobbyist and pro.

@eduardosanchezrivera 2 года назад

Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con que se tienen que hacer los cambios de agua hay que estar seguro que el agua que se usé sea de buena calidad no debe de tener nitratos, fosfatos ni silicatos

@borinvlogs 2 года назад

I like the music you used in this video. Keep it up!!!

@jeremybw2180 2 года назад

Water changes are for dilution purposes. When you utilize bacteria for nutrient control you don't need dilution. Running a denitrifying filter actually causes me to have to dose nitrates cause they get too low too quickly! Every week my tank metabolizes 3-5 ppm of nitrate and 16x that in PO4! It's crazy!

@srgamer4189 2 года назад

Love this video Thanks

@Arizona9001 2 года назад

Speaking of forgetting… Hanna really needs to add a beep to their phosphate tester.

@rsucre 2 года назад

Or just display the result of the previous test for a few seconds when you turn the checker on (after a turn off due to timeout). Am I asking too much?

@ceippert 2 года назад

Or program it to never turn off. I could afford a AA battery if I forget to leave it on.

@jaguaresed 2 года назад

Good advice, love the videos

@Arizona9001 2 года назад

Note you might want to turn off your ATO when adjusting waterline.

@beachsidereefer6685 2 года назад

100% agree!

@stevenphan5967 13 дней назад

Well, I wish I knew this sooner. Because I used a coffee mug to scoop water out slowly...

@ceippert 2 года назад

Not sure why I never thought of scrubbing the overflow box. I really need to clean my return chamber, ever since I started kalk drip the precipitation is insane. Wonder if it is due to soda ash, calcium chloride, nopox, mag, and kalk all being dosed 24/7

@InsideThePoster 2 года назад

Another tip, use 7 gallon buckets. Less chance of the water slopping out while mixing sea water or if you have to carry them less chance of spilling.

@stellarlivingstoned 2 года назад

I'm glad you heard me cause I was starting to think that no one was listening🍻😂👍

@ceippert 2 года назад

My challenge is matching temperature because my garage is about 120 degrees in the summer in Arizona, so I am stuck using 90 degree water. I keep fans running, ac blasting, powerheads going, and do the water changes extremely fast with 1,800 gph return pumps in and out. Hoses clamped soft tubes to aquarium from mixing station. Maybe spikes 2 degrees at max for half hour. I never see any issues doing weekly 15%. The hot water and varying salinity is a learning curve. But small changes help. Anyone else from AZ have any tips

@socalgal8733 2 года назад

I use frozen water bottles in my mixing station to cool down the water in the summer

@chrismain91 2 года назад

Dude awesome for recording yourself cleaning up salt water , I would of had a heart attack and die

@xxx-nj9jp 11 месяцев назад

Am stricat un Evergrow din cauza schimbului de apă de care am uitat bineinteles, m-am si curentat bonus🫣

@Fifthimagez 2 года назад

Great video vary helpful so I have a 13.5 and it’s been running for 7months Four fish tried to keep some of the easy corals no luck I know I can cut back on my feeding and do more water change’s is there anything else I can do to get ready try corals again

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

Water quality, proper light, and proper flow are three big things to pay attention to with corals. Making sure that you've come close to perfecting these three things before trying corals again will set you up for success.

@edwardmost6879 2 года назад

So I have a 20g tank and I tend to do a 5g water change every Wednesday am I doing too much water?

@idksoiputthis2332 2 года назад

5g would be a 25% water change, this is perfect. But with such a small tank, you need to make sure the water going in is nearly perfect. The salinity and temperature should closely match that of the tank itself. This is why larger tanks are actually more beginner friendly, it gives a wider margin for error

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

That sounds like a great water change schedule 🙂

@jameskopp2563 2 года назад

Any new vids on your personal channel?

@spencerk4077 2 года назад

Oh my god that would suck draining your entire tank onto the floor!! That’s a nightmare situation

@JPFeo-br3qe Год назад

do we test the water parameters before or after water change

@BulkReefSupply Год назад

I think before makes the most sense so you can get a lay of the land before doing the water change.

@03bugeye 2 года назад

Seachem DeNitrate in a proper reactor is the key to success.

@azhunter400 2 года назад

what controller is that on your phone?

@christopherbraxton7289 2 года назад

In aIo everyone talks about the right water height but no 1 tells you what it is. So what is the right water height in an all-in-one

@danreef-marinho4160 2 года назад

13:38 save my marriage!!!

@MartyLuminarty 2 года назад

Don't bother with dumping the old water in the sink. Just dump it in the toilet. It's easier and faster.

@1stexecutiveconstruction 3 месяца назад

Made the mistake with step 5 and ruined the brand new cherry floor!

@samreefer 2 года назад

Is 10 per water cheinge a good for 5 gal reef tank?

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

10% weekly changes have been a common practice in the hobby for a long time now. If you stick to that weekly, you're going to be just fine 🙂

@abelh7 2 года назад

Whats Matthew’s last name? Interested in looking his other videos up

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

This is his other RU-vid channel if you wanted to check it out. Of course, there is a ton of Matthew content here too 😀

@douglasachaiba7885 2 года назад

I do a 25% water change every month. No issues

@Arizona9001 2 года назад

what's your bioload like? what size tank?

@douglasachaiba7885 2 года назад

@@Arizona9001 20 gallon tank. 4 fish, a lot of corals

@borinvlogs 2 года назад

I haven't done water change in 2 months as i am slowly dosing NO3 and PO4 to raise nutrients in the tank to combat dino (amphi type).

@douglasachaiba7885 2 года назад

@@borinvlogs the mistake made.... Letting your nutrients bottom out. I believe nutrients need to be controlled in a newly setup tank... Once it is..... Phosphate media needs to be pulled and nitrate reduction strategies dialed in and reduced to avoid disaster. Testing and nutrient input mist be monitored and the balance found in the export.

@MrMastavida 2 года назад

The playlist is not in order and the episodes skip back and forth between episodes. Can we please get them in order.

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

Thanks for letting us know! I'll look into getting this fixed 🙂

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

Should be fixed now!

@MrMastavida 2 года назад

@@BulkReefSupply thank you

@mattfish9 2 года назад

Forget about all that , create a water station in basement or garage with your RODI system , two Large containers like 50 gal drums or better one fresh a one salt , get yourself a powerful pump like a Pond master or Mag pump , pick up about 15 ft of 5/8 or 3/4 tubing { or whatever is ness , and get a U shape ridged tubing } Create a small hole in floor or wall, preferably behind tank { that can be easily repaired } . then when its water change time , siphon out lets say 10 gals right out of the window, then just easily turn on your pump to replace 10 gals , its that simple . With mine i marked increments { notch marks of 10 , 15 , 20 and 25 gals } on the tank , and i even adapted the pump wire to have a switch in it and ran it upstairs near the tank . Work smarter not harder.

@1989AliveStill 2 года назад

Привет)

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

👋

@ryanwells5035 2 года назад

Should have called a professional cleaning company

@blasterman789 2 года назад

Haven't done a water change in my SPS dominant in over a year and growth is amazing. I know you need noobs to keep mindlessly buying salt mix for cash flow though. Just keep doing those massive water changes to keep screwing up your phosphate levels and keeping anemic tanks.

@retroreefs7986 2 года назад

Man not this guy

@BennyBlawnk 2 года назад

I thought ur suppose to put in fresh water not saltwater when water changing.

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

You'll want to use freshwater for topping your tank off when evaporation happens. BUT anytime you physically remove water, you'll want to replace it with saltwater 🙂

@spesinskis Год назад

After 8 years in the hobby if you still doing water changes you cannot call yourself a professional

@nickd8288 2 года назад

10% weekly?!? Gravel vacc? Does this guy still live in the 90s?

@BulkReefSupply 2 года назад

Have you seen how much fish poo you can get out of a sand bed using a gravel vac? I don't know about you, but I'd rather get that out of my tank regularly! 😃

@nickd8288 2 года назад

@@BulkReefSupply My reef tank is 15 years old. I dare not disturb the sand bed again. Anytime I would vacc the sand bed I would get nasty diatom blooms over the freshly disturbed sand sections. Never again. Haven’t touched the sand in over 5 years and it always looks crisp white and super clean.

@limestoneaquatics5638 2 года назад

I miss Matthew's old channel. Now he's neutered. Thanks for wrecking it brstv

@junito1957 2 года назад

OK THEN WHAT YOU CALL A PERSON LIKE ME THAT BEEN IN THE HOBBY KEEPING FRESH AND SALT WATER AQUARIUMS THE LATE 60S WHEN UNDERGRAVEL FILTER WAS THE BIG THING TO KEEP SALT WATER FISHES? TO NOW AND ADD KOI POND KEEPING TOO FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS? IN THESE HOBBIE YOU LEARN MUCH BETTER BY YOUR MISSTAKES