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What is your daily, weekly and monthly maintenance routine?
I couldn't pull this up in a search so I thought I'd ask. Just curious what peoples daily, weekly and monthly reef/tank maintenance routines are?
Daily: - Feed fish before lights out (9pm). - Watch fish, corals, general tank inspection (is that boxfish stuck to the powerhead again?? What frags/colonies has that urchin knocked over now!? ). - feed LPS corals with turkey baster (every 3 days) - Clean glass (every 3 days) - Refill auto top off reservoir (every 2 days). - replace filter sock (every 3 days) - Empty Skimmer cup (every 3 days) Weekly: - 17% water change (mixed two days prior) - Mix new batch of Alk and Calc. solutions - Wash all dirty filter socks from the week - Test Alk. and Calc. (moving to every 2 weeks) Monthly: - Change out GFO and Carbon in Phosbans. Infrequently: - Test, Mix and dose magnesium - clean live rock with turkey baster - clean salt creep in various places - clean out pumps - scrape coraline Automated: - daily fresh water auto top off - hourly Alk and Calc dosing - RO/DI made when need (stored in 50g drum) - Parameters (Salinity, pH, Orp, Temp) measured via probes and displayed on display panel + emailed to iPhone every 4 hours. |
Geez...looking at this makes me realize how insane I really am!
Daily: - Feed 1x, sometimes 2x - Drain skimmer cup - visual check of tank pH, temperature graphs over past 24hrs - manual dosing of VSV, sponge power, Amino Acids, Coral Vitalizer...and/or whatever else I'm experimenting with these days. - Visual health check and fish count! - Stop maintenance activities for 2 minutes to actually enjoy looking at the tank Every 2 or 3 days: - Clean 'glas Weekly: - Clean skimmer neck/cup - Alk test, Nitrate test, Phosphate test - 10% water change Biweekly: - Replace Kalk in Reactor - Replace RowaPhos/Carbon (rotating schedule) - Pull out dead coral and replace with new $50 piece (kidding) Monthly: - Ca test, Mg test - Get right in there and scrape coraline Annually: - Replace all bulbs - Calibrate probes - Replace all peristaltic pump tubes - Service all pumps and OM4ways - Replace CO2 Biannually: - Replace probes |
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Look at tanks feed fish look at tanks top up fresh water stare at tanks empty skimmer cups stare at tanks Weekly: scrape coraline algae monthly: see daily Every 2 Months: clean pumps maybe a water change and change out carbon or let it wait until 3rd month... Maybe check alk and salinity Refill calcium reactor Make up NSW (only if a water change was done) Automated: calcium reactor |
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- feed fish (1 - 4x a day depending on when I'm home) - stare at coral - laugh at jawfish antics - clean glass (every few days) Weekly/biweekly: - 5g water change (~20%) - check SG, Ca, Alk - top up ATO reservoir - make 20g of RO/DI for next two weeks - wash skimmer cup Monthly: - Change out GFO and Carbon in Phosbans. - test Mg Infrequently: - frag where necessary to prevent deaths - scrape coraline Automated: - RO/DI water auto top off - Alk, Ca, Mg and vodka dosing |
Wow, most of you make it sound like WORK!!!
Daily: Feed several times (frzn, pellets) Add Kalk saturated water from 2L juice jug Observe at fish & corals throughout day & reposition fallen corals. Surf Net for new fish/corals/inverts to add to tanks Visit Canreef/BCA (throughout day) Weekly: Clean glass (3x) Empty skimmer collection cup (2x) Top up sump/reservoir (2x) Dose Mg/Ca/Lugol's (1-2x) Feed Nori (3x) Every 3-4 months: 100-140g water change (recycle 210g reef water into 120g fowlr/softie tank) Every 16-22 months: Change out 14000k Aquaconnect or Phoenix bulbs |
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check controller numbers top up reservoir with feshwater and calcium dose alk/Mg by drip tubes replace any corals that Bubba (trigger) has knocked over feed fish flakes/pellets in morning feed fish nori in the afternoon feed fish fresh/frozen in early evening feed nem & some LPS twice a week clean glass every second day Weekly clean all 3 skimmers: cups and necks 10% water change on the 225g (I have a lot of fish in this tank :redface:) Bi-Weekly 10% water change on 90g and 35g Monthly change all media clean Becketts on skimmer clean any pumps that need it clean salt creep where necessary clean algae, etc from overflows if required Annually change all bulbs replace probes |
Mine is really basic compared to some of you
Daily Feed twice frozen/flake Top up daily Scrape algae Empty skimmers Pull out dead fish/corals Weekly Combined water changes of about 20 gals Make new water for the following week Blow yuck off rock Replace dead stuff |
Every 5 minutes, or thereabouts
Check Canreef Check RC Check J&L New&Noteworthy Page Check Canreef Oh, wait .. you meant just the tank stuff. Uh, never mind .. |
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Feed fish once Inspect tank Weekly Clean glass change filter sock perform 10% water change Test Ca, Alk, Mg and Salinity then adjust if needed Dose Lugols Solution Iodine Feed coral powdered coral food Clean skimmer Harvest macro algae Frag Monthly Test PO4 and NO3 Change carbon and GFO Top off Kalkwasser reactor Semi annually Calibrate pH probes Service Ca Reactor Annually Change bulbs Change RO/DI filters Calibrate Refractometer Repair/service pumps if needed The rest is automated |
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morning: test CA followed by dose of CA dose zeostart nightly: top up water manually dose zeostart test KH followed by dose of KH dose zeo supplements prime zeo reactor 12 times clean glass every 3 days same time clean skimmer cup same time clean arcylic cover on light and well, give a dusting, all around the tank, vaccum up rouge snails, alot of small snails make that leap of faith outta the tank. every two weeks: 10% water change, mixed 15min before water change replace carbon 30min after water change, check salinity, test CA and test KH replace filter sock monthly: test MG, K+, P04 replace zeolites replace blubs, every 3months |
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Look at tanks, count fish (glad to hear I'm not the only one), look to see if any of my SPS have turned into the "rare and elusive white solomon island acropora" overnight Feed nori Feed mysis or whatever other frozen "flavor of the month" food I've bought Inspect rock/corals/fish for various cooties. Look at controller to see that temperature is in range. Right any turned over or fallen frags. Watch fish to make sure they're all behaving relatively "normal" If tank is doing well and decent looking, spend more time looking at tank and admiring progress. If tank is sucking hard, walk away and check internet for possible solutions/look at pictures of better tanks/corals. Look at coral websites and lament not having won the lottery. Weekly: Fill up top-off tote Clean skimmer cup, spend 30 mins trying to get skimmer restarted (impeller is old and crusty) Waterchange (volume varies with enthusiasm/state of tank levels 10-40%) Change carbon Clean glass Monthly: Make up new Mg, Ca, Alk solutions for dosing pump Check Mg, Ca, Alk to make sure its in line Check various other parameters just because I bought the tests and I should be using them Clean Tunze powerheads Every couple months: Change phosban and wonder why I still have algae growth Take skimmer completely out and clean with vinegar Yearly: Change out bulbs (Yeah boxing day sales!) |
Lobsterboy - why so much testing of Ca and Alk?
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Morning- Prime Zeo reactor and dose zeo products before I go to work Look at the tank in the dark Evening- Feed frozen soaked in selcon/garlic Look at tank Dose zeo/prime reactor Weekly: Empty skimmer collection container Turn RO unit on to fill resevoir 35 gallon water change (I will probably change this to every 2 weeks) Monthly: Clean skimmer neck Siphon crap out of sump and other areas Every 8- 10 months Change lights? (haven't gotten to this point yet) |
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Stare at tank Feed once Dose: Ca, Alk & 4 misc Zeo products Clean glass Stare at tank more Fill ATO Res. (every 3 days) Weekly: 16% Water change Manually remove GHA Monthly: Replace Rowaphos Test Ca, Alk, Mag Scrape Coraline |
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feed dose vodka check tank make sure all fish are still in tank not in overflows,sump ect every couple days test Ca alk mag dose as required (just started adding sps so not sure about consumption rates thats why testing is done so often clean skimmer cup top off sump weekly 20G water change more if i feel like it and its mixed up monthly change out carbon and GFO every couple months clean out skimmer clean out ruturn pump clean out CL pump |
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-Observe heavily, noting changes in coral and macroalgae growth, anything up with the fishes, all livestock still accounted for, etc. -Top off with distilled water -Dose according to schedule -Clean off rocks with turkey baster -Check temperature throughout the day Every 2-3 days: -Feed Trachyphyllia and Purple Firefish -Clean glass -'Prune' macroalgaes if needed Weekly: -Stir the top layer of sand a bit if it's not getting turned over enough -Attempt to ID all the wierd things I've been seeing around my tank (Hmm, sundial or collonista snails? And what is this red macro?) -Test all parameters, I really need to start doing this again Biweekly: -25% water change -Change polyester filter floss -Suck air out of the non-breaking siphon There are a few changes that I will be making to this schedule soon, now that I can see a few problems with my husbandry :neutral: |
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nothing Every 3 days: change out filter sock Every week: clean glass Empty skimmer 15% water change with water that was mixed week prior Monthly Change carbon I just got into this zeovit stuff so i just started dosing every night so techincally this was my schedule last week. my autotop off is automated from ro/di, feeders are automated, and i almost got a water change automated. |
I keep a hand-written log of all maintenance and test results. I use colored highlighters for carbon, GFO, Spur2, change-outs and dosing etc so it is easier to find in my logs. I log new fish additions, difficult coral updates, any losses, out of ordinary dosing, bulb changes, lighting schedule changes, pretty much everything. I also refer to my log regularly to note any patterns or reactions.
Daily(ish): Inspect tank and replace knocked over corals if needed Check temperature Feed fish smorgasbord (every 2nd day) add Selcon and Garlic Xtreme Weekly(ish): 10 gallon water change, blast rock with baster, scrape front 3 sides of glass inside beforehand, use gravel vacuum on sandbed. After WC, let carbon reactor run for 24 hours (once per week) Refill ATO bucket Refill 65 gallon barrel with RO/DI water, check TDS on every use Refill salt mixing bucket, mix in salt, add K and Mg. Empty skimmer cup, clean neck Replace filter pad in sump (2x weekly) Test salinity (w/ hydrometer), Cal, Alk, Mg, K and adjust if necessary (usually ok) Feed anemones and some LPS corals frozen mysis Dose Zeovit Coral Snow Inspect corals closely for signs of parasites/disease/pests/etc. Monthly(ish): Replace GFO in reactor (every 6 weeks) Replace carbon in reactor (after 4 uses) Test salinity with refractometer, pH, nitrate, phosphate Mix calcium and carbonate solution for dosers Siphon detritus from sump Frag corals Clean salt creep Scrape coralline from back glass Dose Spur2 (every 3 weeks) Quarterly(ish): Clean all pumps inc powerheads Remove entire skimmer and clean Calibrate all meters (pH, TDS, refractometer) Yearly(ish): Replace T5 bulbs (actinics) Replace MH bulbs - NOT at the same time! Replace all doser tubing Replace 50% of the sandbed (I sterilize and leach PO4 and NO3 before reusing the next year) Replace heaters every 2-3 years Automated: Top off water Calcium and alkalinity dosers Lights on timers |
do what?
wakes up regular as clockwork flick on tank lites scare the **** out of everything stare at tanks 15 minutes till wife shakes me awake goes to work come back stare at tanks 15 minutes till wife pulls me up for dinner goes back down basement stare at tanks some more till bed time and repeat next early morning. i swear to the good lord this is what i do most days.
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Feed fish Add water when pump is gurgling and sucking air into display Wonder why tank looks like crap That is all :wink: |
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