I'm looking forward to reading this topic line.... On Jan 1, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Doerr, Jesse wrote: > As I'm getting into bigger tanks I'm looking for more information on > water quality. I would like to avoid dumping large quantities of water > down the drain, and so far my experience is that it is has been > unnecessary. > For a while now I've been keeping a 3 tank system that is pretty heavily > planted and probably overstocked with fish. The total system is about > 45 gallons and has about 30 barbs, 20 tetras, and recently 20ish > platties. Despite the bioload everyone is healthy, active, and showing > great colors. The rummy-nose are showing nice read heads going almost > all the way back to the first fin and the barb males have a deep dark > color. > So as far as I can tell everything is going fine and the system has been > stable for about 2 years now. > Water changes tend to be infrequent, typical maintenance is just > replacing evaporation and feeding. The last water change was over 3 > months ago and when I inspected a sample of the water today it looks and > smells like it's in great shape. There is no foaming, no odor, and it > is almost exactly as clear as tap water in the same glass, just with a > very faint yellow tinge. > Can anyone provide me references on what else I might need to look out > for? Is there a risk of a buildup of minerals or chemicals other than > nitrogen and other derivatives? I have noticed that juivinals do grow > more quickly when I am doing actual water changes. > Jesse > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member