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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. |
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![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]()
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![]() LOL, I was looking at my earlier post on page 2 and noticed that my current routine is closer to this (except I have an ATO).
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