What's the most demanding maintenance of your tank

yes but it literally takes 8+ hours on fill up day to fill the 15 gallons back up

I was born in the instant generation I dont wanna wait ;D

 

Cleaning up the water that has over flowed from filling up the RO/DI top off bucket. Cause it takes so freaking long to fill up I forget about it!!! Lol

 

I would say removing and cleaning out the Aerofuge or Vortechs. A royal pain but it's needed.

 

hahahaha

This is interesting. I read somewhere, most people dont really clean their refugium.

 

You can use an inexpensive float valve like I do for my ATO, hooked straight to my RO/DI. SG stays really stable now- and has for over six months.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/todds-diy-ato-133471.html

 

Yup, I thought I saw also a BRS video how they set up RO/DI with autoswitch.

 

another one is cleaning out the filter socks its gross and takes awile espically since I cant use the washing matchine

 

are those socks actually required? I know some people hate them socks;D

 

while not required I like mine help pick up what the fish and CUC miss,Keep micro bubles down, and works great for me and my tank. and it a love hate thing more hate on some days like on others ;D

 

For me it's water changes. It's about 8 hours to fill my 30 gallon roughneck container with RODI. Then I add salt, a heater and a spare powerhead to mix it up and generally leave it overnight. The actual water change is a bit tedious as I have to haul 5 gallon buckets up the stairs from my basement to the tank.

Another "chore" that I dread is anything that requires me to move my tank away from the wall to get in behind it.