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How often and how much do you water change?

tumptyteapot

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Hi everyone. Day 2 of Axie owndership :) and another question.
Is it better to do small water changes more often or larger ones less often? I don't want to stress them out by messing around with their tank too much.

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Cheva

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Axie ownership ... I personally do 1/4 every week :)
 

NeekaLovesYou

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20% weekly is about the average, which really isn't a huge amount if their tank is on the large size, as it should be :eek:
 

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Hi everyone, I registered for a few months, but I write just because I have a bad English. (For now, writing more, perhaps learn better) I have a tank of 250 liters or 55 U. S. gallons I think, with a pair of Axolotl and many plants and biological filter outside. Exchange on 30 X100 every two weeks .. is enough? after 10 months I have never had problems,,,,, you think, I do often change water?
 

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It depends if you do small water changes and you have a bigger tank adding chemicals to your water to get rid of chlorine isn't necessary so its a little easier that way. It really just depends on how fast your water quality goes from good to bad.
 

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When and how much of water change is going to be different for everyone. For Example a 55 gallon planted tank with two Axolotls that are fed 4 times a weeks may only need a water change once or twice a month. But a 55 gallon tank with 6 Axolotls, no plants and fed 6-7 days a week might need a water change once a week or more. Then if you have a bio-filter or a that can extend needed water changes. I personally think a weekly water change no greater than 20% is best. You would do this while syphoning out detritus with a weekly tank cleaning anyway. Doing larger volume changes can cause temperature and pH shock. If you find your tank at dangerous pH and ammonia levels it's best you use a small air tube to add clean water to the tank. If you can't do that just add the water slowly over a 30 minutes time period. Doing it this way causes the pH and temperature to change slowly. This helps your axolotl to slowly adjust to the new conditions avoiding shock.
 

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Thanks for the replies. I think better to change less water more often. Here in Rome, has good water to drink and also to Axolot, pH 7-7.5 with very little chemically treated to be potable. I do decant 2 days and use water conditioner only for my sake.
 
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