Maintenance on a FO tank??

[jaxfishgirl]

So, my work has found out that I have a sw tank at home and has asked me to take care of their FO tank in the office. They do not like the current company taking care of their tank and would rather pay me to take care of it. I am sure they are thinking they can save money with paying me to do it. But, I am going to call around and see how much local companies charge and then turn around and charge my office just a little less than them..
Anyway....They have an acrylic tank, custom made, about 100 gallons. There is a wet/dry underneath with bioballs and that is pretty much all they have for filtration. They have crushed coral substrate and ugly fake rocks. For fish, they have a hippo tang (which is HUGE and i told them they need to get rid of it because it is too large), spanish hogfish, 2 clowns, foxface lo, and clown trigger. Their porcupine puffer died in the care of the current company. Long story for that poor fish.
Besides WCs and testing the water and general maintenance, is there anything special I need to do to take care of the FO tank? The company has only been doing biweekly WCs.
Thanks guys/gals

 

[fishyisland]

does the tank have a skimmer ? I would hope so. Make sure you change the media when you do a water change. Does the tank have UV sterilizer ? if so you should also change the uv bulb every 6 months, I dont have a uv sterilizer on my 90g tank and i have been fine for a year. Good luck, post up how much local comapnies charge for maintenance, im curious.

 

[mr. limpid]

With Bio-balls you need to rinse them ever year other wise you'll have a nitrate problem. I usually rinse them when I do a water change using the discarded water and ten gal. tank.