What happens if you dont do water changes?

[Pomme]

Just wondering if there are any negative effects of not doing the recommended water changes with zeo?

Andrew

[mikester]

Do you mean missing one every once in awhile, or just skipping them altogether?

[invincible569]

You are aiming for a low nutrient tank.. when you get to this level, you need to replenish nutrients/elements and that is what WC's are for.

[Aged Salt]

Andrew, as you probably know, WC's are not performed for nutrient reduction. In the short run, the trace element replacement is not so crucial until one reaches phase 3 where our corals will depend more on these trace elements being available in a nutrient-poor environment. Bob

[Pomme]

Humm i havent done them now for around 5 weeks, i know i should have but i went on holiday and havent had the time since i got back.

Just got a bucket of ro water heating with salt and ph for a change tomorrow.

Was just wondering if you guys knew of anyone that had not done the water changes and the effect it had on the tank.

Andrew

[OUinLA]

I know people that have waited 4-6 weeks to do water changes with hardly any signs that they didn't do them. I don't recommend it but I wouldn't worry about it if you can't get to it quickly.

[Big E]

Andrew, as you probably know, WC's are not performed for nutrient reduction. In the short run, the trace element replacement is not so crucial until one reaches phase 3 where our corals will depend more on these trace elements being available in a nutrient-poor environment. Bob

Bob,

Why are the corals more dependent on trace elements in phase 3 verse any other time? Not sure this makes sense to me. Which trace elements? Anytime you do a water change your diluting the nutreints that may be there, which is always a good thing.

I'm currently not a zeo user but am interested in learning more & still researching.

[Aged Salt]

Hi Ed, sure, low-TDS-RODI WC's will reduce nutrients depending, of course, on the % of the WC. However, as traces are necessary for coral color/vitality & with ZEOvit, no traces are added additionally, WC's provide the corals with T.E. renewal. In theory, with ultra-low nutrient waters, corals shift their energy gathering source, as the zoox density is downsized, photosynthetic byproducts become less important to the coral for their energy needs. How this is accomplished by the corals is not known, but may involve increased coral tissue protein synthesis. Bob