Every aquarium requires maintenance, whether it be saltwater, black water, freshwater, or planted aquariums. Maintenance can include water changes, top offs, cleaning the glass, trimming plants, or even adding fertilizers.
Here’s my weekly maintenance schedule:
Monday: 1/16 tsp Trace, 2 ml Fe, top off.
Tuesday: 1/16 tsp KH2PO4, 1/16 tsp K2SO4, 1/4 tsp KNO3.
Wednesday: 1/16 tsp Trace, 2 ml Fe, top off.
Thursday: 1/16 tsp KH2PO4, 1/16 tsp K2SO4, 1/4 tsp KNO3.
Friday: 1/16 tsp Trace, 2 ml Fe, top off.
Saturday: Clean aquarium glass with magnetic scrubber.
Sunday: 50% water change, prune plants, remove most of the duckweed, 1/16 tsp KH2PO4, 1/16 tsp K2SO4, 1/4 tsp KNO3.
My fertilizer dosing is based on the EI (Estimative Index). You can find more info on it here or here.
Once a month I do a partial cleaning of my cannister filter. The reason I only do a partial cleaning is so I don’t kill all the beneficial bacteria.
That’s about it for my maintenance schedule. You might think it’s a lot of work, but it really isn’t.
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