Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Control reef nutrients with GFO, carbon, and refugiums, and learn which method fits your tank and goals.

How and how often to clean reef equipment, skimmers, pumps, and probes, so it runs accurately and lasts.

How to prepare a reef tank for power outages with battery air, heat retention, and a calm action plan.

Emergency steps to save a crashing reef tank, triage moves that buy time and stabilize livestock fast.

A field guide to common reef tank pests, flatworms, bristleworms, and bugs, with which to fear and which to ignore.

How to identify and remove aiptasia and majano pest anemones before they take over your reef rock.

Why reef tank water turns cloudy, from bacterial blooms to stirred sand, and the cures that actually clear it.

Identify and beat hair algae, bryopsis, and cyano with a nutrient-and-cleanup strategy that actually lasts.

How to do a saltwater water change the right way: mixing, matching, and timing that keeps your reef stable.

A reef tank maintenance schedule from daily checks to yearly overhauls, so nothing important slips through.