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evaporation and water changes
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:29 pm
by Rebel01
I am losing 8 to 10 gallons a week due to evaporation. Do I need to do water changes in addition to this?
Re: evaporation and water changes
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:49 pm
by AuroraDrvr
The evaporated water isn't removing any of the nasties in the water (PO4, NO2, NO3, etc). It's merely evaporating out pure H2O.
Re: evaporation and water changes
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:31 pm
by pheonixsoul25
yes you need top off water and you still need to do you water changes like AuroraDrvr stated above water changes removes the nasty stuff out of the tank...