My normal maintenance activities:
- change about 5 gallons of salt water every 5 days, this is done by keeping the main pump running, siphoning out the water and pouring back in pH, temp and salinity adjusted replacement water.
- “Top off” water is regulated into the sump by a float switch connected to a small pump in a freshwater reservoir slightly laced with kalk. I find this is a great way to keep pH and calcium up.
- Every water change, I replace or wash the various filters to keep the sump flowing properly and remove waste products.
- Every other day I put in 5 ml of a two part alkalinity/calcium product
- 10 days dose in a few drops of trace elements. These doses maybe unnecessary, but I have always done it, so I continue to!
- Color enhancers
- washing the tank
- lighting bulb changes
- uv
- full breakdown
- vacuum sump