Re: Wondering about water changes
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I would imagine the only difference in doing the 10-15% changes would be less sudden change for the goldies?
No matter how much you match the water before a change with temps and hardness and conditioners, it's still fresh clean water which is different to their nice comfy water that they've cheerfully filled with poop.
Mine anyway seem to prefer 'aged' water and they're a bit 'huffy' after a change. Also with doing more frequent changes, you're syphoning the mucky gravel more frequently, making it cleaner over all rather than letting it build up and doing it all in one go. Like the rabbits, I hoover their carpet every day in 5 mins, rather than doing it once a week and filling a hoover bag!
Of course it's mostly 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, but I reckon it may have more pros than cons.