Thursday Tank Tips

[Broadfield]

This tip/trick still does wonders for me!

 

[wranodj]

Buy a TDS meter to ensure your DI water is "clean".

 

[FlamingGrapes]

We work hard on our tanks. Take time out of your busy life to just watch and enjoy them. After having fish over 30 years, I look back and think about how much more time I spent working on them instead of just enjoying them.

 

[spieszak]

Tie a piece of airline tubing to the handles of your 5 gallon buckets. When stacking them and they are still wet, make sure the airline tubing gets between the buckets. No more struggling to get them apart

 

[code4]

For those of you who buy live black worms. Put them in a shallow Rubbermaid container, about 9 x 13. Do not crowd them. Rinse in RODI water. Then set at room temperature in about 1/2 inch of water. Rinse as needed. I use 4 containers for about 1/2 pound of worms. And feed them sparingly a little white bread. As long as I keep them clean they last for months, or until my fish eat them.

Shelley

 

[Angel125]

Never tell your other half what you spent on this hobby!!!

 

[5altkreep]

Have a plan for power outages before they happen.

 

[dmw913]

Favorite non-fish tool fish tool: turkey baster for blowing detritus off aquascape!

 

[YumaMan]

Everything changes much more quickly in a smaller tank than in a larger tank. I first learned reefkeeping with a 5 gallon nano tank -- mistakes become more obvious and are less forgiving, so that your learning curve is steeper. Plus the cost of mistakes is smaller. One learns to pay close attention much quicker with a smaller setup.

 

[drawman]

A cheap plastic toolbox makes a good storage container for testing supplies.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Greatest tip I have ever learned... Enjoy yourself! Your responsible for your tank, enjoy what you have made.

 

[JayBee26]

Alot of great advice

 

[Mark Gray]

Buy a controller if you think about all the money to have in your tank a good controller can sure help save things if something goes wrong best thing I have bought love my Neptune Apex

 

[DJ Monty]

For cleaning algae off the glass, use a regular scraper with the plastic blade but fasten a magic eraser to the head with a rubber band.. It must be the ORIGINAL magic eraser (no chemicals) Works great & no scratching.. I slice them into 3 thin sections for economy..

 

[GXPKY]

Test parameters often, once per month is not often, daily at least till you get your dosing lined out to meet your reef's consumption, then you can back off some. Laziness in this hobby leads to failure.

 

[Cary]

Slow steps from setup to fish and coral.

 

[Budman's Corals]

make sure ya clean the air intake going into the Skimmer pump. it will clog with salt build up in no time

 

[atoll]

make sure ya clean the air intake going into the Skimmer pump. it will clog with salt build up in no time

There must be an echo on here lol

 

[Budman's Corals]

There must be an echo on here lol

Skipped right pass your response. Wonder if you have a reefocto skimmer also? mine clogs like withing 2 months

 

[atoll]

Skipped right pass your response. Wonder if you have a reefocto skimmer also? mine clogs like withing 2 months

I have a Nyos 160 but just about all skimmers will benefit from having some hot water (just helps dissolve stuff) sent through the venturi every so often.