tank maint

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:59 am

Just worked off of 21 days which 9 of them were nights and a little chatty this morning.....

....but tank maint is a big thing in this hobby...I plan on doing a water change this wk and to clean my skimmer...also to move a few pieces and do some fragging to protect myself..my point is I have been so busy I have not been doing the maint I need to...everything looks ok but if stuff starts looking bad it might be too late already.....I need to look at my clean up crew....what needs to be replaced???? clean my skimmer....water change....water test....move corals which are burning others.....trim or frag what might be burning others in near future...all this can be done in one morning but must be done before tank starts to look bad since the damage will already be done and with all the wk I have let it go ......please post what other items need to be cked like how long the bulbs have been in....co2 level in bottle....time to fill up reactor...clean out fuge .....ect....lets keep the eye on the ball and keep the eye candy comming......

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:53 pm

Check all levels (Ca, Mg, NH4, NO2, NO3, alk, salinity)
Calibrate all meters and the refractometer
Clean skimmer
Check CO2 pressure, calcium reactor media and effluent outlet
Clean pumps/power heads (at least every 6 months)
Prune macroalgae in refuge
Blow rocks off with a turkey baster
Prune Xenia (at least I have to do this)
Clean salt creep
Clean glass tank brace
Attempt to kill majano's and mushrooms
Frag a bunch of SPS and drop them off at Scott's house.

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:16 pm

I see where you might have added one two many chores.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:25 pm

I figured since you have been working a lot I might be able to slip that one in there

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tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:28 pm

just let me know what you need