Top 5 priorities of a Marine system

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Was just wondering what everybodies top priorities were with regards to their systems now i am not saying that anything that falls outside of these top five are not important. I know we all focus on different aspects when it comes to our systems, so what are your top five?
Mine are in order.
Temp control
Skimming
Bio filtration-mainly because of high fish load
Water flow
Water changes
 
Water changes
Checking pH
Temp control
Feeding
Other testing
 
water flow
skimming
lights
KH and PH
water changes
 
skimmers (even though I don't have the best, I do look after those I have - I clean mine out 2 to 3 times per week)....
phosphate reactor
salinity
calcium, kH and pH
lights
water movement
feeding
 
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skimmer
water flow
lighting
water changes
temp. and elemental stability(additives etc.);)
 
Nobody seems to conserned about calcium levels.

Lighting
Flow
Calcium level
Kh level + Ph
Temp
 
Zookeeper said:
Nobody seems to conserned about calcium levels.
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Uhhhmmm very concerned, just not in my top five. I would stress far more if my temp went up a couple of degrees to 29 than if my ca dropped to 340.
Its actually really difficult to break them down to your top 5 priorities, my main concern with my system is water quality and how to maintain that, that is how i broke it down.
 
skimming
temp
monitoring nutrient levels
Ca & alk levels
lighting & flow
 
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first and foremost waterchanges 2nd skimming, 3rdwater flow and 4th supplement addition (cal,alk,mag,iodine) 5th feeding (with vitamin enriched foods).....
 
Skimming
Water quality (aka filtration)
Species (compatability, requirements, full size attained)
Feeding (rate, amount and types of food)
Temp
 
KevinW said:
Species (compatability, requirements, full size attained)
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Nice Kevin, an important aspect which is often overlooked.
 
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