What Is...

[danb_1985]

... everyones cleaning process of their tanks to keep everything so clear? and how often is this done?

 

[ben1987]

i just clean glass, when green starts to apear with a magnet thing. Then take the stuborn stuff off with a blade.

Turn the snad over and siphon the crap off every now and again

water change weekly

empty skimmer and change rowa when required

 

[Alex Brown]

carbon really seemed to make my water shine. its really easy to use also. i put mine in a mesh bag in the skimmer return. maybe change it every month or so?

 

[Truck]

daily: feed, clean the front and side panes of glass, check skimmer is working, empty if necessary, check power heads are working, check fish and inverts are all alive and healthy, check temp
every 3 days: replace carbon
weekly: perform a 10% water change, test water replace filter floss
fortnightly: replace rowaphos and siphon and turn the substrate over.

 

[STD]

daily: feed, clean the front and side panes of glass, check skimmer is working, empty if necessary, check power heads are working, check fish and inverts are all alive and healthy, check temp
every 3 days: replace carbon
weekly: perform a 10% water change, test water replace filter floss
fortnightly: replace rowaphos and siphon and turn the substrate over.

You must be spending a fortune on Rowa & Carbon

 

[Truck]

daily: feed, clean the front and side panes of glass, check skimmer is working, empty if necessary, check power heads are working, check fish and inverts are all alive and healthy, check temp
every 3 days: replace carbon
weekly: perform a 10% water change, test water replace filter floss
fortnightly: replace rowaphos and siphon and turn the substrate over.

You must be spending a fortune on Rowa & Carbon

i buy in bulk, carbon is useless after a few days anyway.

 

[STD]

I clean the glass most days

Weekly :

Do a water change
clean the skimmer
clean the stream
clean algae scrubber

 

[rabbut]

I daily check live stock and feed most days, along with ensuring all equipment is going.

Twice a week, I wipe down algae and dose Mg, Alk and Ca supplements to keep my hard corals happy

Weekly, I test water for Mg, Alk and Ca as I've added new hard corals recently and am still trying to adjust the balling supplement method dosages accordingly... I will also be cleaning the powerhead sponges this often, now I have guards on the pumps to protect my new Nem..

Fortnightly, do a 20% water change

Every few months, I empty the skimmer and replace the air block as well as thuroughly cleaning the reaction chamber. It's a DIY jobby with a large collection cup. Lets say it's low maintenance, but when you do clean it it's a bit

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Anguilla82]

daily: empty skimmer.
weekly: 10 litre water change & replace filter pad.
monthly: occasionally wipe over glass with magnetic things (to be honest my clean up crew keep it real clean anyway).
3 months: change rowaphos (if i remember!)

thats it really i'm afraid, mine is very low maintenance!

 

[SkiFletch]

Daily; algae scrape with a magnet scraper (magfloat)
Weekly; algae scrape with a blade scraper (Kent)
Bi-Weekly; clean skimmer cup, clean return pump strainer, clean recirculating pump strainers
Monthly; vaccum sand into a women's nylon filter, prune algaes, scrape back wall with Kent scraper, give skimmer a thorough cleaning (pumps, hoses, plumbing, main chamber, etc)
Quarterly; waterchange 75%

 

[danb_1985]

thanks good info there