How often do you blow your rocks off?

[glweek]

I blow my rocks off every night before i go to bed and was wondering if this was beneficial or not. Ive heard its good to on occasion but is every night excessive? Should i let the live rock do its job and not blow them off for a few weeks, months...ever?

 

[JMSKI333]

I would say every nights excessive. Every water change would be fine.

 

[Jlobes]

how big is your tank?? must be pretty small if youre bowing your rocks off every night! seems a bit excessive. i agree, do it with a WC or maybe once a week.

 

[glweek]

anyone know how to edit a poll

 

[Dragonreef202]

I blow off rocks with weekly water changes in both 75 gallon tanks.

 

[Flameback Pair]

My cuc keeps my rock squeaky clean.

 

[Eienna]

I blow mine out about once a month. Sometimes more if I feel like it, or if I recently disturbed some gunk that may have gotten in.

 

[glb]

I've been using a turkey baster daily on my corals to blow off any detritus. Will that damage them? I always find some sand in between my zoas.

 

[mfinn]

I don't at all.

 

[jdpiii3]

I use a small powerhead around the rock work about once a month, all good so far.

 

[Tradewinds]

I think a typhoon is good for the rocks once a month or so, otherwise a lot of detritus accumulates.

anyone know how to edit a poll

A mod will have to update the poll

 

[Eienna]

I've been using a turkey baster daily on my corals to blow off any detritus. Will that damage them? I always find some sand in between my zoas.

I do that with my corals too. Don't think it hurts them any if you're gentle. I've actually been hearing that zoa colonies NEED to be blown out once in a while to remove trapped debris that will eventually cause them to start dying off if it isn't removed.

 

[kacrocorals581]

Before I do water changes

 

[navila06]

once every 3 months or so, probably should do it more than that though

 

[_Alex_]

Was doing before I did a water change. But i added some bergia nudibrach and don't want to blow them off the rocks lol

 

[reeferaddict420]

I blow mine off every other water change or so.. Or sometimes when im spot feeding my acans just cause the baster is already in the water..

 

[RedReefer]

Once or twice a week. After reading this I'll probably only do it during water changes.

 

[tyler1503]

I never did until a accidentally caused a back siphon when doing a water change and it blow all this muck off my rock. Now I do it right before every water change.

 

[Mtwreef]

Wow every night I do mine about every other month but with my flow and cuc they never get to bad

 

[Shtiff1]

Every water change. Rocks and corals.