Daily To Do List

[salty tank]

What do you do everyday to your tank? How do you clean it? What water tests do you do? How many times do you feed the fish? Tell me everything and give me advise because i am pretty new to this still and i was wondering what you should do everyday
thanks

 

[thangbom]

i fidle with my tank everyday. just cuzz i like to. but all i really need to do if feed them.. and empty the skimmer cup 1x a week...

 

[lion_crazz]

Everyday, I make sure that everything is running properly and that the temperature in the tank is where it should be. I feed the fish every other day. Every three of four days I test the specific gravity to make sure that everything is okay there (I have an auto top off, so there is no need to top off for evaporation). Every week I do a water change and make sure that the pH, alkalinity, and nitrates are at a good level.
I use salifert test kits for pH, alk, and nitrates, and I use a refractometer for specific gravity.

 

[newfishguy]

An auto top off? Where did you get that?
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Everyday, I make sure that everything is running properly and that the temperature in the tank is where it should be. I feed the fish every other day. Every three of four days I test the specific gravity to make sure that everything is okay there (I have an auto top off, so there is no need to top off for evaporation). Every week I do a water change and make sure that the pH, alkalinity, and nitrates are at a good level.
I use salifert test kits for pH, alk, and nitrates, and I use a refractometer for specific gravity.

 

[laust]

i've got a 30 gal fowlr
feed once a day
every day check and make sure everybody is moving, and no new weird growths on rock
mon/thurs i check trites, trates, amonia, ph and salinity, i use aquarium pharmacuticals master saltwater test kit... till its gone, then i'm switching to salifert
sun i do a 20% water change
and top off once a week when i notice it needs it, usually not much.
only one casualty to date and thats because i added too much livestock at once

 

[jdragunas]

i have a 55 gallon tank. I started out with tap water...

big mistake, so i've been doing water changes weekly with R/O water (just found out i can buy this from my grocery store...) to try and get as much of the tap water out as possible. I'm also dealing with a small cyano outbreak, so that's another reason for the weekly water changes. I have 7 fish, so i feed 1/2 of a cube of frozen food in the morning, and 1/2 at night. I try to do water tests weekly, and top off every day, about 1/2 gallon. I clean off my glass with a magnetized scrubber about once a week as well.
Jenn

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by newfishguy
An auto top off? Where did you get that?
I put the auto-top off together myself. It was rather easy and it only cost me about $30 (pump and float valve and plumbing.)

 

[brycewood]

Daily I check temp, spec gravity, livestock and water level, and clean and replace floss.
Twice a week I check nitrates, and ammonia.
once a week I check ph and 10-20% water change