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Old 08-09-2007, 10:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question water change w/ sump/fuge??
I know that water changes are suggested every 2-4 weeks and about 25% a month, right?? When you have the sump/fuge which increases the total volume, I would imagine you change 25% of the total volume, not just the display tank volume.

Is this a correct assumption?
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yes, I understand it to be 20-25% of total water volume


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If you feel you must then I'd stay around 10% of the total tank volume every month or so better to do smaller changes more often then larger ones seldom . It will tweak the animals out


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