How are do you keep your tank looking clean?

[Gumbies R Us]

I feel like many of us on here strive for a nice clean, mostly algae free tank. I am wondering how are you achieving that? Do you dose certain chemicals regularly, keep a well stocked cuc, or do regular maintenance on your tank. Curious to see what everyone says!

 

[Troylee]

Bacteria driven,”dose bacteria and food source” so no algae! Clean the glass every other day about 3min and empty skimmer once week.. besides that nothing! Tank takes care of itself.

 

[lil sumpin]

As I’m new and my tank isn’t fully matured, I’m still seeing different kinds of algae coming through. I think PNS pro bio has done something to keep unwanted algae from proliferating. I have what might be considered an undersized CUC of about 7 snails and 3 hermits for a 14gal but they also put in the work. Scrubbing and scraping during weekly maintenance is probably a bigger factor for the overall cleanliness

 

[Dan_P]

I feel like many of us on here strive for a nice clean, mostly algae free tank. I am wondering how are you achieving that? Do you dose certain chemicals regularly, keep a well stocked cuc, or do regular maintenance on your tank. Curious to see what everyone says!

Feed the snails so they grow and annihilate any algae the might grow. Scrape the glass. Sand takes care of itself.

 

[Roatan Reef]

Clean Glass every 2 days or so, I was stirring the sand bed, but now I have a diamond goby and is a fantastic sand sifter cleaning machine. Lots of CUCs, an Urchin etc. I don't have much nuisance algae anymore, but I immediately suck it out when I find it.

I run a Cannister and I'm only cleaning it/renewing media every 3 months. Water Changes like twice a month. I only do 5 gallons at a time for a 40GB.

 

[KrisReef]

I invite friends over to help wipe down the glass and do water changes.
Tank looks neglected since no one wants to help.
One of the things to do today.

 

[Dee tre]

For the most part tank stays clean... I have a diamond goby so my sand is always cleaned... my back wall has that carpet looking green algea on one side of the tank because i cleaned it off on the right side then decided to leave the rest I the scraper in the top right corner ready for glass cleaning at all times... skimmer and power heads are cleaned every other month

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Feed the snails so they grow and annihilate any algae the might grow. Scrape the glass. Sand takes care of itself.

Snails did it for me!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Just normal maintenance, keep the glass clean, change the socks weekly, clean protein skimmer cup, and have monthly, quarterly, semi, and yearly maintenance. Have not done a water change in over a year.

 

[Kellie in CA]

Stirring & Scraping daily

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Stirring & Scraping daily

I agree with scraping!

 

[X-37B]

Mesh filter socks
Oversize Skimmer
Gac in previous systems
Flipper for clean and scrape
Ozone reactor on current build
Diamond goby if I have sand

 

[ukgeoff]

On my simple bare bottom, all-in-one skimmerless tank, I change 1% water daily, use RODI top-up water, new filter floss every 2 days, 8 snails and one hermit, and my water parameters are kept stable with all for reef. No need for carbon or GFO.

I get a thin film on my glass that needs cleaning every day.

 

[randomfishdude]

I dont....
I don't touch anything. Just let the fishes and cuc do whatever

 

[VintageReefer]

I clean the glass every 3-4 days, and throw out a handful of algae from my scrubber every 10-14 days

Fighting conch keeps my sandbed stirred and clean

 

[Waters]

Bare bottom tank...lots of coral, utilitarian fish, CUC, weekly cleanings = (nuisance) algae free tank.

 

[ReeferHD]

dusting off rocks and vacuuming sand weekly, along with a strong cleanup crew and regular glass scraping does the trick. my tank needs this especially because i have no mechanical filtration.

 

[OU812Reefing]

On my simple bare bottom, all-in-one skimmerless tank, I change 1% water daily, use RODI top-up water, new filter floss every 2 days, 8 snails and one hermit, and my water parameters are kept stable with all for reef. No need for carbon or GFO.

I get a thin film on my glass that needs cleaning every day.

Reef tank totally normal

 

[jimk60]

Bacteria driven,”dose bacteria and food source” so no algae! Clean the glass every other day about 3min and empty skimmer once week.. besides that nothing! Tank takes care of itself.

What are you dosing for bacteria and how much?
Thanks

 

[OU812Reefing]

What are you dosing for bacteria and how much?
Thanks

My sump has a good amount of Bio filtration I added bacteria 2 years ago none sense and I also have a 2 inch sand bottom and I never vacuum the sand bed I just clean edge against the glass