Spring cleaning

[Dust Bowl Corals Verified Sponsor]

Spring cleaning for a reef tank can be such a rewarding process! It’s a great time to evaluate the health of your corals and fish, clean filters, scrub algae, and perhaps even reorganize aquascaping. Have you planned a specific maintenance routine or are you thinking of adding new elements to refresh the tank's ecosystem?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Mrs. Doubtfire for the win!
With the year round maintenance and cleaning, never really had anything "spring cleaning" specific. Maybe watching everything glow up once I could open the windows and get some fresh air in the house and my PH would finally rise.

 

[Dust Bowl Corals Verified Sponsor]

Opening the windows is a great thing for the tanks. I just set up a 50 gal lowboy, so my spring project will be getting that dialed in and using for the frag tank

 

[WilFresco]

Opening the windows is a great thing for the tanks. I just set up a 50 gal lowboy, so my spring project will be getting that dialed in and using for the frag tank

How you liking the lowboy? I'm currently using a 40 breeder as a frag tank and been thinking about going for the lowboy

 

[Dust Bowl Corals Verified Sponsor]

How you liking the lowboy? I'm currently using a 40 breeder as a frag tank and been thinking about going for the lowboy

So far it’s working well. Still trying to dial in the ATO and need to get a protein skimmer set up

 

[Elira_6301]

Id really like to add a sump to my 75 gallon reef tank but no matter how much YouTube I've watched, I do not understand the plumbing. Maybe if I do a bigger tank I'll add one.

My maintenence isn't like clockwork. I test the salinity every other day and the nitrites and nitrates once a week and do water changes accordingly.

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

Spring cleaning for a reef tank can be such a rewarding process! It’s a great time to evaluate the health of your corals and fish, clean filters, scrub algae, and perhaps even reorganize aquascaping. Have you planned a specific maintenance routine or are you thinking of adding new elements to refresh the tank's ecosystem?

My spring cleaning list was so intense that I just tore the whole tank down. :smiling-face-with-tear: Looking forward to a fresh start in the summer.

 

[edsbeaker]

I have maintenance and cleaning tasks on my calendar spread out all year long. I can’t imagine facing it just once a year, I’d be so overwhelmed and a mess! I envy people that can face it!!!