Maintenance tips
- Thread starter Mike
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Tip 13 ...NSW!.If you can use it rather do!There you go
tip 15. Find a reefing buddy close by or train your non reefer to do the basics incase you travel (once again, thanks warr! )
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Tobes
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Tip 17 - clean air tube of skimmer regularly to ensure good air intake always
Tobes
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Tip 18 - prune algae regularly to ensure good nutrient export and prevent from going sexual in the case of caulerpa.
Just keep NSW turning with a power head (am i right guys/gals?) and try to keep it at a constant temp?
Tip 19 - Buy a new toothbrush for R10 from Pick a Pay or anywhere. Cool scrubbing device.
(Do not use your old one, its OK that you end up with SW in your mouth sometimes, but not for the fish to taste your old toothpaste)
(Do not use your old one, its OK that you end up with SW in your mouth sometimes, but not for the fish to taste your old toothpaste)
21. After a water change, clean up any water spills etc. Save you sending out a Urgent Help: thinking you have a leak.
and clean up black silicone for the same reason21. After a water change, clean up any water spills etc. Save you sending out a Urgent Help: thinking you have a leak.
21. After a water change, clean up any water spills etc. Save you sending out a Urgent Help: thinking you have a leak.
Not so damn funny at the time, OK. but point noted22. Need a vacuum your tank?
If you are running a Durso overflow and the air cap on the top (one that normally has the piece of airline coming out of it) is loose, IE not glued, remove it and stick a piece of tubing, say 12- 20mm thick down its throat, and place the other side under water and it will start sucking though the pipe, now start vacuuming your tank..... almost forgot, obviously place some filter cloth over the end of the pipe coming into the sump, perhaps with an elastic band to catch the dirt.
If you are running a Durso overflow and the air cap on the top (one that normally has the piece of airline coming out of it) is loose, IE not glued, remove it and stick a piece of tubing, say 12- 20mm thick down its throat, and place the other side under water and it will start sucking though the pipe, now start vacuuming your tank..... almost forgot, obviously place some filter cloth over the end of the pipe coming into the sump, perhaps with an elastic band to catch the dirt.