cleaning

I heard two completely different perspectives from fellow reefers this weekend and wanted to see what the broader community thinks. Do you clean your sump? If so, what’s your reasoning and how often do you do it? If you don’t clean your sump, have you noticed any impact on your system, or do...

Hi there! My extra brute at some point got pilfered by my husband and to the backyard. I am super paranoid and began to ask questions like if any chemicals were sprayed back there on weeds. No, just regular grass/weeds. Has never sprayed because we had sod laid. Probably trash like drinks...

So I picked up a RSR Peninsula 650, and this thing is an absolute monster to move. The tank is already pretty clean, however there is still some sand, general debris, old coralline and the like in the tank, on the edges, overflows etc. What’s a good recommended way to clean it? In the past, I...

Just purchased a reef tank fully stocked. I cleaned the exterior of the glass and noticed these lines on the inside of the tank. It makes it insanely ugly to look at and nothing I have tried has worked. I tried a brand new razor @ 45 degrees, an algae scraper, & a magic eraser - nothing works...

I’ve been running a Nem/softy tank the dirty way for about 2 years now with fantastic growth. I don’t run a roller mat or socks on the tank and with the comes some detritus build up in the sump. With monthly WCs I clear what I can but there’s still plenty of tight spots in the sump. What are...

Hey everyone Ive been struggling to figure out what is growing on my live rock. I have a 150 gallon FOWLR with a 60-gallon sump that I've had for 2 years. I have a long spine porcupine puffer, red coris wrasse, harlequin Rusk, majestic angel, 5 lyretail anthias and a snowflake eel. My parameters...

Does anyone have a link to buy a tool that will not suck up a ton of sand when cleaning? I have Fiji pink sand and it’s super fine so it gets sucked up a lot. I saw a great tool at a local store. It was a long 2in python tube with an attachment on the end that was a little narrow which creates...

Hello, I need to clean my chiller out and I'm wondering what's the proper ratio of vinegar to water and how long I should let it run through the chiller? I was think 1:1 vinegar to water but I'm not sure. I also think 1hr would be good but idk just a guess. If anyone has had experience with this...

Hi all, For folks that keep coral on the sand bed, particularly LPS - how do you go about cleaning your sand bed? Just be very careful around them?

I'm cycling a new nano tank (IM Fusion 20 Gallon), and I got a pack of Seaside Aquatics ceramic bio-spheres from BRS to put in the back of the AIO. The spheres just come in a mesh media bag from BRS tossed in cardboard shipping box. The media bag was in tatters too with holes ripped (or chewed)...

So I'm relatively new to reef keeping we used to have a really big saltwater tank in our house but my dad got rid of it and I was like well hey I'd like to start reefing so I got myself a little ten gallon all in one unit and a decent light (not strong enough for hard corals rip) and setup my...

How should you be cleaning new equipment before using it/putting it in your tank? A new tank after sitting in a box in a warehouse? Powerheads and pumps with oils and grease from assembly and the manufacturing process? Nets, gravel vacs and other tools sitting on the racks at LFS? Do you just...

How important is it to remove old dried spirorbid when cleaning and setting up a used aquarium and sump? Your experience is appreciated. Used Waterbox frag 85.3 cleaning

I need assistance with tips on cleaning the bottom glass perimeter of the tank. To complicate things, the tank has a 4in Eurobrace around the whole top and center. The algae is the tough green algae that grows on glass. I use a flipper to normally clean the glass, but this stuff is tough. I...

How much "seed algae" do people leave on the sides of their screen for their algae turf scrubber after a cleaning? I did my first major cleaning yesterday and didnt want to strip too much off. I ran my credit card over both sides of the screens but that did not remove much algae. When I put my...

Hello, I have a AquaOne AquaNano 60 tank with a Multi Stage Back Filter. I clean my filter sponges and change my carbon monthly however, today I have seen a lot floating in the water of my fish tank and realise that the glass at the back of the tank (where the sponges and carbon are kept) is...

I was wondering if you can use a pressure washer on filter roller fleece as you would with a filter sock once it’s dirty. I have no specific brand in mind, just wondering if I’ll have to replace the fleece rollers all the time or if I can really wash them hard as I do with my current filter socks.

Hey I’m looking to upgrade and my uncle’s friend said he would sell me this for $200 since he’s getting out of the hobby. Does this look like it can be cleaned and any ideas on why it’s so dirty? Thanks (it’s the IM Nuvo mini 40g with stand)

My 65g rodi container just in the past month has started to smell a little funky whenever I go to fill up a bucket of rodi water. Kind of a fishy smell is how I’d describe it. Figure it’s time to empty it out and give it a cleaning. How do you guys clean yours? Take a pressure washer to it...

Question for everyone, I just brought a second-hand Acrylic tank, wasn't brought from an LFS, and I was told it had big scratches inside, and they have polished them out. I am worried about what was used to do the cut & polish, so what is the best thing I can use to clean the inside of the tank...

Hey R2R, I've lurked for a while but I'm finally getting on the horse and reviving a 5 gallon pico I just moved home with. I will attach pictures as I learn how, but I'm currently dealing with a cyano-fiasco and extremely destabilized water params (uneven filling with distilled water, low water...

Hello, I am very new to reefing and taking my time to learn while also giving myself time to get the right equipment. to start off, I got the red sea reefer tank second hand, 170litre display and a 30 litre sump. For the first while I’m going to use premixed water but I can’t figure out how...

I see a lot of waste on the bottom of my overflow. It is 29 inch down. How often and how do you clean it? Should there are a lot of copopods in there

Having a daily auto-water change, I very rarely do a manual water change - but occasionally give a vac to my sandbed and filter through a python syphon to a large fine filter sock in my sump. Works great, although it clogs after a few minutes. Wondering if anyone has a better solution for this?

Hey fellas i have a tank with no live stock in it that had Dino’s. I plan to restart the setup with live sand and live rock. I wanted to clean the whole system before adding new rock and sand. My plan is to drain the tank fill it with freshwater and then run vinegar through the whole system for...