Early morning reefers. Do you . . . . . . .

[TranceLvr]

Like others, up at 6ish and double-check all the fish for any issues, check flow, and look at the Apex metrics.

 

[nereefpat]

Nope. I don't look at my tank until I'm home for lunch. Lights don't come on until 1 PM.

 

[MECOMI]

Im sure we have an abundance of reefers that rise early in the morning.
Do you tend to or check on your tank before you begin your day or leave for work or do you make coffee your go to event each day and deal with tank later?

If you start the day with your tank, what is your daily task or goal?

For myself, I assure all components running, fusion for Apex shows nothing out of norm and no distressed fish as the lights are on a very low setting when the day begins

Every morning before work i do a quick visual inspection. Temp, sump, pumps, and top off. I do not feel good about leaving the house till these are done! A spot of OCD is included in this message

Later days,

B-Kind

 

[Reefer Matt]

Yup. If I have new livestock or equipment, I check on them before leaving for work. I also check neptune fusion every morning and a few times throughout the day.

 

[Sesty22]

I always check the tank before I leave, I make sure everyone is alive, all equipment is running, and the ATO has water.

 

[PeterErc]

I am always sure not to wake up grumpy, so she can sleep in.

Not a whole lot to check on, if something is wrong grumpy wakes up and says “ what’s that noise? Can you fix it”

I have a grumpy monitor lol only if I could program her maintenance would be a snap. I think she is broken and out of warranty.

Some mornings I do look in the tank with a flashlight. If everything is in feeding response parameters are usually good

 

[Chris Spaulding]

First thing in the AM get food ready for fish and feed the dogs. while food is defrosting and lights have not come on yet I check fusion , pull water for testing Po4 and Nitrate.( I have been working on getting them down). Then I dose Zeovit and Moonshiners that need to be done for the day.Checking all equipment at that time and empty the skimmer cups if needed. Sit back watch the morning news and the tank waking up then feed the fish before heading off to work.

 

[Aggressive240]

I get up at 4am, Start the coffee and check the Hydros app. I then sit and watch the fish in the moonlight while getting through my first cup. Before I leave for work I verify the ATO is good, Wipe down any salt creep, Check skimmer and CO2 scrubber. Then I check the remote fuge and mist all the mangrove leaves. Every few days I also do a full panel test for levels. Once home from work I check filter socks, Skimmer, CO2 scrubber, Feed fish etc etc etc. Sometimes I feel like I give it way to much attention

 

[Kathy Floyd]

I'm always looking/checking. I love to look at it.

 

[kevgib67]

First thing I do is check my tank when I get up and feed before I leave.

 

[ryanjohn1]

up at 3 am. Mostly just a Quick Look around. I like to use phone flashlight to check all the corals nighttime p e. Quick glance in sump.

 

[Uncle99]

First thing morning and last before bed, Check all stuff running, no fish on the floor and temp by touch.

 

[Danyole]

I don't mess with my tank until the lights turn on. Just upgraded from a nano to a large tank with a sump so I check to make sure that nothing is overflowing from past trauma from a nightmare setup I had a few years ago but yeah. I'm up around 5 and my lights don't come on until 9

 

[McPuff]

I will look at my control boxes on the side of the stand to make sure all of the lights look correct, then I will usually just quickly glance at the tank to make sure nothing looks (or sounds) abnormal.
I am not a morning person so I usually don’t wake up early enough to do much to the tank before leaving for work.

Replying only to say Go Blue! National Champs! :0)

As for the thread, it really depends on when and where I'm working. I don't bother going downstairs to look at the tank unless it's after 9am when the lights start to come on. So the fish might get their nori at 10 or they may not get it until 5/17:00. All the maintenance is done in the afternoon or evening.

 

[Nano_Man]

Yep I check on a morning and before bed

 

[tzabor10]

It’s in our bedroom so always have to check. Lights start at 6am. Desjardini Sailfin starts his morning laps. I listen for trouble, check the Fusion, then peek at the sump. Last night was Coral feeding so the fleece roller needs to be checked, making sure it didn’t blow through a whole roll.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Im sure we have an abundance of reefers that rise early in the morning.
Do you tend to or check on your tank before you begin your day or leave for work or do you make coffee your go to event each day and deal with tank later?

If you start the day with your tank, what is your daily task or goal?

For myself, I assure all components running, fusion for Apex shows nothing out of norm and no distressed fish as the lights are on a very low setting when the day begins

I get up, make coffee, get nori ready to switch out in tank, make sure all is running good, check temp, then sit back, enjoy my coffee while waiting for lights to come on. Then I feed the tank inhabitants, before leaving for work.

 

[Magic031707]

I work from home and the tank is in the office so I am able to see it everyday throughout the day and really learn my tank

 

[Philip Chin]

I change the water once a week in the morning before the lights come on

 

[Joj]

My lights are on by 630. While still in bed, I check my webcam that faces the tank (tank is in garage) to make sure lights and fish are up and about. This also mean electricity is on. Ill feed nori on the clips before I go to work.