What's your MAINTENANCE routine?

[Super Fly]

I thought about this a lot, and water changes scare me now. I am more worried about salinity not exactly the same, temperature not the same, and dumping water in and stirring up the tank. Seems traumatic. So, I usually just clean the sand bed with water into a sock back into sump. Maybe 10% change semi-annually because I feel guilty. Tank is fantastic. Never better.

LOL! curious, what do u use for NO3 & PO4 control?

 

[KenRexford]

LOL! curious, what do u use for NO3 & PO4 control?

I have a Reef Octopus skimmer, a Trigger Systems sump with an AI prime Fuge light and chaeto/grape caulerpa and other macros. I Dose vibrant when needed or nopox in the past. The mixed tank has a healthy softie population, including a colony of pulsing xenia, gfo/carbon canisters brs, sock replacement, and an old school penguin hob

 

[KingTideCorals]

I do 10 percent weekly water change I run a 100g on a huge canister so that gets a weekly clean keeps nitrates at about 15
Takes about 1hour on a Saturday morning and I look forward to doing it does anybody else enjoy the maintence and cleaning

I enjoy the process and the end result is always nice to see!

 

[KingTideCorals]

Daily 1gallon auto water change, twice weekly filter sock changes, monthly pump checks and possible cleaning. I also like to calibrate my doser monthly as well. Clean the glass as needed, as well as skimmer cleaning when needed. Every so often I’ll turn on a carbon reactor.

Keeping it simple! First answer with automated water changes! Cool to see how do you like it / what are you using?

Thanks for chiming in on the thread!!

 

[KingTideCorals]

I have a Reef Octopus skimmer, a Trigger Systems sump with an AI prime Fuge light and chaeto/grape caulerpa and other macros. I Dose vibrant when needed or nopox in the past. The mixed tank has a healthy softie population, including a colony of pulsing xenia, gfo/carbon canisters brs, sock replacement, and an old school penguin hob

Love me some softies!! Right on.

 

[tigre44]

I have a 54 gal tk with 20 gal sump I change 6 gal each week and test parameters once per week. If my no3 and po4 drop to near zero I will stop water changes for a week Seems to work fine for me. Tk has been set
Up for 8 yrs

 

[rusgum]

KH measurement 2 times a week. Once a week water change 10%, N / F measurement, cleaning of the skimmer bowl. Mixing balling solutions once a month. Cleaning the flow pumps every three months. 6 months skimmer cleaning, lifting pump cleaning, calcium measurement, magnesium measurement

 

[KWT]

Water change every week, filter socks about every 3 days, clean glass as needed. Skimmer once a week, needed or not. Check water every week at water change time

 

[Roachbeef19]

300 gal system. 55 gal water change every 2 weeks. Filter socks every 3 to 4 days. Skimmer every week and glass once a week

 

[Tankkeepers]

Weekly 25 percent water change

Change filter pad every 3 days

Change carbon once a month

Change cemipure blue 1 bag every months 3 bags in system

Clean outside of glass 10 times a day as I'm always getting water on it from screwing with something or messing with my cleaner shrimp

Clean inside of glass once or twice a day

Clean equitment as needed usually then every 2 months

Change uv lamp every 6 months

Take out extra macro as needed no less then once a week

Blow off rocks a 1 to 3 times a day with Turkey baster

Top off with water as needed usually every 3 days have a low line and high line

 

[frank10]

I have a schedule setup in fusion where I have the maintenance schedule spread out.
Return pump
powerhead cleaning
sand bed clean
weekly testing
sock changing
sump clean ...

I added a new one today, clean ATO sump sensors. My return pump almost ran dry because my sump LOW sensor didn't kick on. I noticed and cleaned it before it became a real problem.

 

[Scorpius]

Mon, Wed., Fri- change filter socks
Thurs- Weekly testing
Fri- Clean glass and blow off all rockwork.
Sun- 10 gal water change. Change Carbon. Dose Vibrant.

Monthly clean return pump and Vortech wet sides.

 

[stanlalee]

5 gallon water changes every other week on the 30g, filter sock change every 2 days, polyplab one dosing every night, reef roids and Seachem reef plus every Monday and Thursday, a slither of san Francisco Bay brand cyclops, reef plankton and marine cuisine daily, crushed tetra marine pellets mixed in once a week, skimmer cup cleaning every 3 days. Biocube weekly 50% water changes (no skimmer), cartridge filter change every 2 weeks, same feeding protocol just less, 2 part dosing as needed (once or twice a week with weekly 50% water changes). Pumps and glass no schedule, clean whenever dirty.

 

[KingTideCorals]

5 gallon water changes every other week on the 30g, filter sock change every 2 days, polyplab one dosing every night, reef roids and Seachem reef plus every Monday and Thursday, a slither of san Francisco Bay brand cyclops, reef plankton and marine cuisine daily, crushed tetra marine pellets mixed in once a week, skimmer cup cleaning every 3 days. Biocube weekly 50% water changes (no skimmer), cartridge filter change every 2 weeks, same feeding protocol just less, 2 part dosing as needed (once or twice a week with weekly 50% water changes). Pumps and glass no schedule, clean whenever dirty.

Now this is a break down! Talk about got it down to a science!

 

[Jen1978]

Weekly 10% w/c. Change filter pad every other day. Test Phosphates, nitrates and alk weekly. Magnesium, calcium biweekly. Glass cleaning as needed.

 

[KingTideCorals]

Weekly 10% w/c. Change filter pad every other day. Test Phosphates, nitrates and alk weekly. Magnesium, calcium biweekly. Glass cleaning as needed.

How big is that 10% change? (water volume)

Always good to stay up on testing!

 

[Jen1978]

How big is that 10% change? (water volume)

Always good to stay up on testing!

5 gallons is my 10%. Takes less than 10 minutes

 

[bobnicaragua]

Daily -1 1/3 gal auto water change on 135 g tank.

Weekly - refill saltwater reservoir, test alk, refill ato, and adjust kalk accordingly. Throw away a big handful of cheato.

 

[KingTideCorals]

Daily -1 1/3 gal auto water change on 135 g tank.

Weekly - refill saltwater reservoir, test alk, refill ato, and adjust kalk accordingly. Throw away a big handful of cheato.

Take that cheato to the LFS for that credit!

 

[Hermie]

I change filter floss every day, filter pad once a week, water change... whenever I feel like it, maybe once a month lol.

How is your floss/pad set up? Im in the process of switching to filter pads instead of floss, but I find that floss is somewhat easier to remove from the sump than the pads because pads will leak a bunch of stuff... do you separate them? are they touching? just looking for someone else' advice thanks!