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Old 11-19-2009, 11:25 PM
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Daily
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 )

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
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Old 11-20-2009, 12:06 AM
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Mine is really basic compared to some of you
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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
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Old 11-20-2009, 01:11 AM
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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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Old 11-20-2009, 01:37 AM
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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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Old 11-20-2009, 02:45 AM
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Mine is really basic compared to some of you
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Pull out dead fish/corals
you pull out dead fish and corals on a daily basis !?!? That is sad, I'm sorry to hear that
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Old 11-20-2009, 03:19 AM
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Daily
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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Old 11-20-2009, 03:33 AM
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Daily

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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