Water Changes

[hargi22]

will it hurt my tank if i do a 25% water change every other day?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Nope, it'll be fine if you do regular small/average sized water changes in your tank . Is there any particular reason like water quality issues or sick fish that you are doing regular water changes?

 

[hargi22]

Nope, it'll be fine if you do regular small/average sized water changes in your tank . Is there any particular reason like water quality issues or sick fish that you are doing regular water changes?

just cylcled my tank and dumped a load of cichlids in so want to help the filters out by doing water changes
so yeah to help my water quality

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Nope, it'll be fine if you do regular small/average sized water changes in your tank . Is there any particular reason like water quality issues or sick fish that you are doing regular water changes?

just cylcled my tank and dumped a load of cichlids in so want to help the filters out by doing water changes
so yeah to help my water quality

I take it you did a fishless cycle? Or just a normal one with fish? Test the water regually for ammonia and nitrites everytime before you do a water change, how many gallons is the tank and what sort of/how many fish did you add?
If you did a fishless cycle (i.e. cycled the tank by adding pure ammonia to it for a couple of weeks while regually testing water quality for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites) and haven't overstocked the tank, it may be fine, if you did a cycle with fish or some sort of other method of cycling tanks, you may face water quality issues for a while depending on what the current situation is.

 

[hargi22]

Nope, it'll be fine if you do regular small/average sized water changes in your tank . Is there any particular reason like water quality issues or sick fish that you are doing regular water changes?

just cylcled my tank and dumped a load of cichlids in so want to help the filters out by doing water changes
so yeah to help my water quality

I take it you did a fishless cycle? Or just a normal one with fish? Test the water regually for ammonia and nitrites everytime before you do a water change, how many gallons is the tank and what sort of/how many fish did you add?
If you did a fishless cycle (i.e. cycled the tank by adding pure ammonia to it for a couple of weeks while regually testing water quality for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites) and haven't overstocked the tank, it may be fine, if you did a cycle with fish or some sort of other method of cycling tanks, you may face water quality issues for a while depending on what the current situation is.

its 30g did a fishless cycle using food and dead bloodworm to start teh cycle, added 12 mubnas as told by the LFS to cut down agression rather than add them a few at a time like i did with the tropicals.