Amiracle
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Emma,
I think you'll find after a while that it will be very awkward and irritating to have to change the water that often; then when you stop doing it that often (not suggesting you will, but this has been my experience with most amateur owners; when the novelty wears off), the axies can be very stressed in conditions they aren't used to. My babies are at their healthiest when I do a 10 Litre water change- that is 10-20% (i keep water levels lower in summer to keep the water cooler) every week or two- but my axies are hand reared and hand fed so feeding them doesn't make a lot of mess. I have 2 in a three and a half foot tank custom made- it is only 14 in. high.
The biggest problem you will have in NSW is heat in summer- you should concentrate on that, and on nitrate and nitrite levels due to our awful chlorinated tap water
I think you'll find after a while that it will be very awkward and irritating to have to change the water that often; then when you stop doing it that often (not suggesting you will, but this has been my experience with most amateur owners; when the novelty wears off), the axies can be very stressed in conditions they aren't used to. My babies are at their healthiest when I do a 10 Litre water change- that is 10-20% (i keep water levels lower in summer to keep the water cooler) every week or two- but my axies are hand reared and hand fed so feeding them doesn't make a lot of mess. I have 2 in a three and a half foot tank custom made- it is only 14 in. high.
The biggest problem you will have in NSW is heat in summer- you should concentrate on that, and on nitrate and nitrite levels due to our awful chlorinated tap water