Are Water Changes Actually Necessary?

Do you change your water?

  • No

    Votes: 3 0.7%

  • Not unless conditions require it (like high nitrates)

    Votes: 60 13.8%

  • Yes, I do it on a specific timeline (daily, weekly, whatever)

    Votes: 358 82.3%

  • Undecided / Other

    Votes: 14 3.2%
  • Total voters
    435
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Fishfriend1 said:
They support plenty of life, just not a lot of variety. I was pointing out that if u have a stable ecosystem in ur tank the u may never need to do a water change. That means breeding pops of feeders, producers (plants/plankton/stuff like that) as well as predators to keep there pops down. Just tying to think outside the box.

Now im on the sidelines so plz dont make me talk again lol."You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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What you speak of would be impossible in an aquarium.

Just sayin.

Also, the Nietzsche quote doesnt really apply here. There is indeed a correct scientifically proven way in this situation.
 
Oh really? What?

AHHHG you got me to talk lol.
 
Fishfriend1 said:
They support plenty of life, just not a lot of variety. I was pointing out that if u have a stable ecosystem in ur tank the u may never need to do a water change. That means breeding pops of feeders, producers (plants/plankton/stuff like that) as well as predators to keep there pops down. Just tying to think outside the box.

Now im on the sidelines so plz dont make me talk again lol."You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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There is no such thing...an ecosystem cannot exist within the confides of a glass prism.
 
so what is the earth but a really big self contained sphere?
 
Fishfriend1 said:
Oh really? What?

AHHHG you got me to talk lol.
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The build up of any chemical in the water that can turn deadly and is introduced via man can be classified as pollution. Scientific enough for you?
 
Umm ok a little slower plz lol. I dont understand that statement. If anything put into and environment that can build up to deadly is pollution then why does this only refer to us? Also the point is to not put anything in.

Hey this is already of topic lol.
 
Fishfriend1 said:
They support plenty of life,
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From Wikipedia: The sea is called "dead" because its high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms, such as fish and aquatic plants, from living in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present.

I was wrong about NO life at all, some bacteria and fungi can live in SMALL amounts but things like fish and plants CAN'T.
 
jpappy789 said:
You're right...because comparing the EARTH to an aquarium is a perfect analogy.
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As for this if its possible for earth then why not a fish tank? Earth has many ecosystems in it a fishtank will only have one.
 
the earth is huge and alot more complicated then say a aquarium and fish are big if you just compared size of there living space to the size of the earth. hell we don't even understand how alot of things work some times, and yes we are polluting it its just going to take a long time (and not i dont believe every thing about global warming)
 
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