| Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Grotto  I never have and never will do a water change  hell I cycled my tank with a fish in it right after I added salt to the system, and he was alive and very happy then and still is now. Seems like a lot of work with no real gain if you ask me, I mean mother nature doesn't do water changes on the Ocean does she  . Yeah I have no scientific data to back up anything, just throwing my personal opinion out there, but I honestly how many times have scientists been wrong... Don't forget, at one time the Earth was the center of the Universe am I right  .
By all means do water changes as often as you want, during cycling, after its over, all the power to ya. I'm simply saying that from personal experience, and through the experience of others, I've found no need to do them.
I'm not trying to put anyone down or do any personal attacks, so please don't get that idea, but I've seen some absolutely beautiful tanks that don't have water changes done to them. Has anyone, honestly, tried a tank with water changes and one without to compare any distinct differences between the two? Because I'm pretty convinced that with the same equipment, same bio-load etc, you'd never know one had water changes and the other hadn't. | I would agree with you about mother nature not doing WC, but we're not comparing apples with apples. Our tanks are not the same as the ocean, we're just try to re-create the ocean and its wonders. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  |
