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Water Change! How Often? How Much? Why do Them at All?

Published on Tue, Sep 25th 2018 Pets & Animals Rectangular HD

#waterchanges
#aquariummaintenance
Water changes. We all do them (well, most of us do...) but everyone seems to have developed their own routine. If it's working for you, don't mess with success. But how much should we be changing? How often and why should we do it that way?

Here I share with you what's working for me and what other's have said is working for them.
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