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Time to give tank some love

It’s been about lil over a month since I have done any real maintenance to my tank. So today is Aquarium love day
I’m gonna clean my sump , vacuum the junk on bottom, scrape the algae in algae chamber, not all of it just enough to bring it under control. Then do 10-15gal WC in main tank , plus need to take a couple rocks out to brush off algae, n get sand bed clean also. It’s always a project to give tank good clean because of all the seahorses,, their used to me in the tank and wrap around my arm n hand making it difficult to do my cleaning without hurting any of my ponies,, always have to check 2-3x before putting rock back in, their constantly in the way So I’ve got couple hours worth of work to do. Also will take water for a water test, just wondering what my numbers look like,, haven’t checked in long time ,, last time I did my numbers were off especially my pho’s. .54
 

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Paulie. All that maintenance is too much. You can shock your system. You should rotate

cleaning sump
Cleaning sand
And scrubbing rock.
 
Too clean means no bacteria. Very bad
Only did sump this morning and late tonight around 11pm I’m gonna do the 3 rocks that need assistance that’s all,, tomorrow night after work I’ll do 10 gallon WC and that’s how I’ve been doing it all along/// sump not that often once every 2 months I’d say
 
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