What's your maintenance schedule?

[swannyson7]

What type of maintenance routine does everyone have on their tanks? What do you do, when do you do it, and why?

 

[swannyson7]

Here's mine:

Daily
Feed Fish
Empty Skimmer
Fill ATO Reservoir
Clean glass w/ magfloat
Dose Amino Acid
Dose Lugol’s solution

Weekly
Test parameters & log them.
Clean skimmer neck.
Check bubble rate & effluent rate on CaRx
Broadcast feed artemia & coral frenzy for corals. Target feed LPS with Mysis and Cyclopeeze.

Bi-weekly
Measure salinity of DT
Swap filter socks

Monthly
~20% Water Change
Swap GFO
Swap GAC
Trim chaetomorpha

Quarterly
Disassemble pumps & soak in vinegar.
Clean air inlet for skimmer

Annually
Swap EcoBak
Replace rubber hoses to/from reactors to prevent clogs.

As Needed
Fill CO2 cylinder for CaRx
Swap DI Resin, Carbon block, & filters in RO/DI
Prune corals to prevent stinging​

 

[spero]

1) Feed the fish at night everyday around 7pm
2) Does Mg, Ca, & Kh everyday around 10pm
3) Target feed corals, water change and generally cleanning (sandbed, tank walls, etc) on Sundays

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Great thread! I will add to it in a bit!

 

[m and m]

Daily
Feed Fish
Clean glass
Dose Amino Acid
Feed coral after lights out
Dose vodka
Clean frag plugs with a tooth brush

Weekly
Test Alk
Clean skimmer neck and empty it
Check bubble rate & effluent rate on CaRx
a 25g water change
Clean Vortechs

Bi weekly
Extensive water change Move all plugs every nook and crany gets build up syphoned out

Monthly
Change GFO
Change Carbon
Clean fixture
Full Parameter test
Try and clean everything around the aquarium dust behind and all


Quarterly
Clean pumps/rex

Every six months
take out sump and clean it

As Needed
Fill CO2 c
Swap DI Resin, Carbon block, & filters in RO/DI

 

[mallorieGgator]

As a college student, my maintenance can be somewhat sporadic. But here is what I try to stick to.

Daily:
Feed fish
Check and make sure no coral have been pulled over or moved by urchins or snails
Turn over snails that can't re-flip themselves
Use mag-float to scrape glass
1 drop of lugol's iodine
top off tank

Weekly:
12 gallon water change
change filter sock
clean protein skimmer (I clean it more than once a week sometimes if it's skimming wet)
dose microbacter
pick off any unsightly algae- gotta love that HA stage
Monthly:
Clean powerheads
change carbon
scrape glass with a razor blade and scrape back glass with razor blade

What I have yet to do but need to do soon (tank is only 8 mos old)
clean sump
clean and soak return pump in vinegar
clean skimmer bump
clean bio-pellet pump