Post your maintenance schedule

I have always believed that if you need to plan your work and then work your plan. This is my maintenance schedule for my aquarium. What's yours look like?


• Daily:
o Feed
o Wipe glass
o Inspect inhabitants
o Inspect skimmer cup, clean at half full

• Weekly: (Every Sunday)
o Refill auto W/C water
o Blow excess detritus off rock structure
o Inspect all equipment for proper operation

• Biweekly: (10 days… check every few days)
o Clean Algae Scrubber
o Test water for Cal/Alk/Mag, adjust as necessary

• Monthly: (1st Sunday of month)
o Do 20% W/C and clean sump
o Empty and refill GFO / GAC
o Check bottles for dosing: refill if necessary
o Check CaRx equipment

• Quarterly: (1st Sunday in July, October, January and April)
o Replace bulbs in Algae Scrubber
o Clean all pumps
• Skimmer
• Return
• Vortech wet sides

• 6-9 Months:
o Fully service CaRx system

• Annually: (1st Sunday in July)
o Replace UV bulb
o Replace any T5 bulbs
o Replace test kits
o Replace Probes:
• 2x PH
• 1x conductivity
• 1x temp

 

• Daily:
o Feed
o Wipe glass
o Inspect inhabitants
o Inspect sump / skimmer

• Weekly: (Saturday)
o Blow excess detritus off rock structure


• Biweekly:
o Test water parameters
o Do a 10% water change (might do a bigger one, havent decided yet)

• Monthly:
o At this time I cant think of anything I will do monthly.
o change carbon / gfo if im using them (currently not)

• Quarterly:
o Clean all pumps
• Skimmer
• Return
• Vortech wet side

 

I added replacing test kits to my annual.

 

Daily

o Feed
o Top off tank (2 cups)
o Inspect inhabitants

Weekly (Saturday)

o Clean glass cover
o Inspect equipment

Monthly (every 4th Saturday)

o Test water
o Wipe front glass
o Vacuum 1/3 of substrate
o 10% water change
o Change carbon

Yearly

o Change T5HO bulbs

 

Daily
o Dose vodka
o Check auto doser
o Clean skimmer (more like every 2 days)
o Refill ATO buckets
o Observe
o Deal with heaters as needed (Controller isnt hooked up all the way yet so they need to be turned on/off manually)
o Turn fans on off as needed
o Clean glass
Weekly

o 10 gallon water change for the 30 gallon system
o Test Alk, Cal, Mag, in all tanks
o Spot feed corals (2 a week)

Biweekly
o 50 Gallon waterchange
o Make 100 gallons of saltwater (If needed)

Monthly
o Adjust auto doser
o Dip corals in frag system as needed (in bayer or CoralRX)
o Change out halide bulbs if needed
o Clean pumps and powerheads

There isnt really anything that I can say I have done yearly yet because none of my current systems have been up for a year yet. lol I stay on top of equipment maintenance as best as I can.

Hmm. I know Im missing some things, but thats what Im coming up with for now.