145.5 Waterbox Frag/Water Change

[Ryan4485]

I have a Waterbox Frag 145.5. I have not set it up yet. I am planning on having 5 fish: Regal Tang, Yellow Tang, Purple Tang and 2 clownfish. I currently have a Waterbox 25G and I do a 20% change every 7 days. My question is..

with my new tank (145.5) stocked with the 5 fish, how often should I do a water change? And at what percent?

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[saltyhog]

Too many variables to say for sure. It depends on the size of the fish, your feeding habits, your tanks ability to handle the nutrients, whether you dose and what....etc.

 

[C4Rez]

I have the same tank. It’s been about 7-8 months. I definitely overdid it with the amount of fish (16+). Definitely should have spaced out the additions to limit bioload but I wanted to diminish the aggression between the tangs (got 4: Sailfin, Hippo, Purple, hybrid Scopas/Yellow). Still, the Purple bullies the Scopas/Yellow; it’s a risk knowing they’re the same subcategory. At least, no death… yet lol.

Been doing about 10-15% (usually 17-18 gal) every 1-3 weeks prepped in those 20 gallon Brute bins. Salinity goal: 1.025

goodluck!