Water Changes for Dwarf Puffers?

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The_Wolfman

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Hey I had a quick question i want to switch over to spring water instead of tap water because of the high phosphates in tap water so my question is can i just do 10% percent water changes every week when I get the puffers? My tank just recently got through cycling...i heard you were suppose to do 50% percent water changes but will 10% work to because that could get costly
 
For only 2 puffer fish 50% once a week would be devastating for your bio. I would stick to 10%. How big is your tank?I cant answer about the phosphates.
 
its a 28 gallon bowfront

i was told it would be very beneficial to switch to spring water because the area i live in has very bad tap water like the phosphates and stuff

so 10% weekly water changes would be ok?
 
Buy yourself some 5g jugs, and find one of those stands that sells water 25 cents/gallon. More cost effective and better for the environment than actual bottles.
 
Are you experiencing algae outbreaks?

If so, I would add some easy to grow live plants such as hornwort and hygrophila to suck up excess nutrients. Otherwise, if it is safe for you to drink it's safe for the fish. No use in paying extra for water changes...

"Spring" water is going to be different, and by that I mean whether it is actually from a spring or not. It could easily be distilled water as well. You'd need to check the brand.
 
The_Wolfman said:
Hey I had a quick question i want to switch over to spring water instead of tap water because of the high phosphates in tap water so my question is can i just do 10% percent water changes every week when I get the puffers? My tank just recently got through cycling...i heard you were suppose to do 50% percent water changes but will 10% work to because that could get costly
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I also have a few questions. Do you have the puffers yet? Are there any fish in your 28G tank? Are you planning to have plants? Who's telling you that your tap water is bad?

More likely than not, your local fish store that you will most likely buy your puffer from, is housed in tap water. If you change the water to something else, the puffers may very well die from shock.

I'd rethink this Spring Water plan, and find out what's the reason to go that route. It'll be more trouble than it's worth, and might be for nothing.
 
I think I'm going to stick with the tap water lol it will save me the money...

no, there's currently no fish in the tank but I do have plants in there.

Yeah I'm experiencing little outbursts of spotted green algae(?) growing on the glass. I have a phosphate sponge in there now so hopefully that brings my phosphate down
 
prime will sort out some of the tap issues and for the phosphates you can get a bag that goes into the filter for that. I have it in my canister so i went for the large bags. The stuff i have is called cleanwater.
 
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