Tank Maintenance Schedule

[reefsmurf]

- Strange noise from top off tank: maxijet about to burn out, time to make limewater topoff
- Fish about to die: oops better feed
- Corals knocked over: oh well... straighten it out a few days later
- Skimmer #1 barely working: adjust water pump and air pumps, grumble.
- Phosphate filter barely working: grumble. Clean water pump.
- Hair algae problem has gotten worse again instead of being in check: tired of fixing skimmer #1: add skimmer #2. Look at phosphate filter.
- Woah, alkalinity is way low. Oops, ran out of Two part solution in my autodoser (again). Time to turn on the oven.
- Tank water getting low. Crap: knocked top off water tube off my tank while doing one of the above. Fix and clean slimy limewater off floor. More grumbling!

 

[SaltCreep]

"Warm water into skimmer"

Just curious,what's this for?
Clean out salt creep?

Damn high fiber diet..........

 

[JayM]

Daily....kinda.
Feed fish.
Check sump water level (still don't trust ATO)
Check temp right then and over last 24 hours on ACIII
Check pH trend on ACIII

Weekly....more or less
fish 'n corals head count
top off ATO reservoir
Clean glass off for film algae....really more like every 2-3 days (if I'm home)
Empty skimmer cup (more often if sump level is consistent)
Swap out filter sox
Check salinity,adjust as necessary
Check Alk, Mg, Ca, pH, 'trates and 'phates, adjust as necessary
Clean caulerpa out of DSB tank
Trim chaeto
Target feed LPS and rose nems
Make 100g or so of RODI
Check plumbing for leaks
Clean overflows as necessary

Bi-weekly.....sometimes stretches to monthly
Clean lights
Check nanostreams, MP40, clean as necessary
Scrape coraline off glass
Search and destroy for reef pests.....aiptasia, mojano, those pesky spiderweb snails
Swap carbon
Swap PFO if phates are detectable/ too much film algae
Clean strainer for main return pump
Check phosban pump supply

Monthly
Water change......~50 gallons or so.
Wash stinky cruddy filter sox and put them back in the rotation

Quarterly
ummmmmmm, guess I do some pump maintenance

Yearly
Figure out what plumbing changes I want to make,if it's been up for a year
Once I keep a fixture for a year, AND figure out what bulbs I want.....I'll change the bulbs