What's your secret weapon?

[radiata]

Electric toothbrush! You can clean anything from powerheads to fragpulgs and you can get in the nooks and crannies of rock if you need to. Just get a rechargable waterproof one, mines Oral b. Seriously, they are the best tank tools ever...

Are you brushing underwater with your toothbrush? If so, would it be safe using at a depth of two feet?

 

[Scott Fellman]

Patience. Lots and lots of patience.

 

[Duraticate]

Water changes. Maybe an over abundance of coraline algae. Asterena star fish plague? Maybe low number of fish

 

[FranklinDattein]

My secret weapon is a newborn in the family. I have no time to get my hands wet and the tank has never looked better

 

[BigJohnny]

Dosing some skimmate back into the display after lights out

 

[CoralReefer1019]

no filter socks, good skimmer, GFO, weekly WC's along with Fuel or AcroPower, MB7 every WC

 

[Rick cowen]

Great idea, I'll give it a try as soon as I can get mine back from grandkids who use it on the dog!

You might get fleas on your corals, lol

 

[Rick cowen]

As stated several times already, the K.I.S.S. method, good lighting( I cheat, I give them two hours of natural sunlight daily)good water circulation, light feedings, and "regular small water changes.

 

[OnlyTono]

Dosing some skimmate back into the display after lights out

LOL - I do that too sometimes. Although unintentionally. The Skimmer will occasionally freak out and dump the weeks worth of the skimmate back into the tank. But, then everything looks even better than usual for a few after that.

 

[ksfulk]

#1 Patience
#2 Spend a few minutes with your tank every day. Even if its only to feed the fish.
#3 Patience

 

[RussiReef]

Big part of my success is a KISS method and a little bit of knowledge .

 

[dankreef]

My secret weapon is two tea spoons of fresh phyto every week. I have no idea if it does anything but I read a long time ago, it's the first steps to a healthy system so I do it. If anyone has evidence to prove this has no benefit please don't reply with it haha.

 

[Lasse]

#2 Spend a few minutes with your tank every day. Even if its only to feed the fish.

Forgott that. To look at the system when you are feeding it is a very important advice. The fishes behavior at feeding time is often your best way to see any early alarming clock

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Forgott that. To look at the system when you are feeding it is a very important advice. The fishes behavior at feeding time is often your best way to see any early alarming clock

Sincerely Lasse

I can't help myself from staring at my tank everytime I pass by. There is always something to look at even though that thing has been there years ago!

 

[Wet_Fretboards]

Mine is being too broke to put any corals in... Haven't had many deaths at all!!!

 

[rstrann]

It's no secret! Check the forums if you have an issue, because many people have likely had the exact same problem you're experiencing.

 

[Asonitez]

I have been thinking about this more and more and I think I have my method that's works for me.


I Do water changes when I feel like I need it. A few tests a month and then a 20 gallon or so water change into my sump. I try to never drain the main display.

Every other night I throughly mix up my sand and trash the water column with particulate matter right before bed. I rake y sand and get into the crevices and blow off all the rocks and pumps. The tanks looks filthy. The next morning I change my filter sock. I find frequent filtersock cleanings keeps my tank and water crystal clear and corals thriving.

I dose and keep very high basic nutrients like calcium, alk and magnesium.

I won't run leds without t5 and the only 3 t5 bulbs I run are

Ati blue +
Coral +
Occasionally blue plus.

I keep my tank open top.

Once a month i use a wet dry during my water changes to vacuum out any debris in my sump except for 1 section where I have liverock.

Once a month I add a bottle of love phyto and mysis shrimp. Every other week I blackout my tank for 2 days.

I run ozone,gfo and a small amount of carbon. I feed my fish 3x a day small amounts and they stay very fat.

I replenish my cleanup crew every 4 months by 25%!

I use redsea colorup every 2 weeks.

 

[nitro]

Still looking for one.

 

[dankreef]

Mine is being too broke to put any corals in... Haven't had many deaths at all!!!

That's funny

 

[XNavyDiver]

1. Sulfur denitrator. I'm actually mad that I went through so many years in the hobby without one. This thing destroys nitrates and I can feed as much as I want without worry. Starving your fish is not good husbandry.

2. Diamond goby and caribsea special grade sand. I have no idea how anyone keeps a clean white sand bed without this combo.

The diamond goby was the first fish addition to our tank at my wife's request. She calls him Wilco, and has made it his mission to move all the sand to one side of the tank. Then, move all the sand back to the other side...then back to the other side...