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Water changes (L046)

Posted: 24 Oct 2013, 13:02
by Matt30
Hi all

I'm after some advice regarding carrying water changes while I have two of my
Hzebra's in One cave :d , it's been 13 days since my last change and after
Three long years I don't want anything to go wrong !
I was thinking of just doing a 40% change or less as I usually
do 50% every 5 days but for the last couple of months I have been doing two weekly changes 70%
my TDS is currently 100ppm and I have been feeding very heavily Blood worm and brine shrimp etc, and I don't want my tank to crash.
The tank is 250l with x2 eheim 2217 with powerheads

So any help from the pro's (Barbie) etc would be appreciated

Re: Water changes (L046)

Posted: 24 Oct 2013, 20:30
by TwoTankAmin
As long as you do not disturb the cave it should be fine to change water. I have changed water with couples, dad and eggs or dad on wigglers with no issues. I have moved caves with dad on eggs or wigglers and lost them.

Re: Water changes (L046)

Posted: 24 Oct 2013, 22:56
by Matt30
Cheers TwoTankAmin

I did the water change and no problems, I did see the male pushing the female back into the
cave so there was a bit of movement but both still in the cave, so now it's just wait and see,
Cheers for the advice !

Re: Water changes (L046)

Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 15:13
by Matt30
After three days the female left the cave today leaving the male inside with no eggs to be seen, must have been a Pratice session .