Are you a lazy reefer??

[hbtl_ofndr]

What are some of the problems you have had from being lazy?

I've been busy the last couple weeks and have given my tank ZERO attention:

1. My part-b ran out and my ALK dropped to 6.8 (sps/lps are NOT happy)
2. My HUGE melenarus disappeared and my NO3 spiked to ~5ppm and PO4 to > .04

Guess I won't go that long between water tests again...

 

[jeepsrt]

Im a lazy reefer.

Have checked my water once in 6 months.

Change the water every 2 weeks.

Done and Done!

 

[xxjrealxx]

I've been accused of that by my wife ...

 

[thresher]

YES! I hate testing water and will only do it in the first stages of a cycle to make sure the biological filter has been seeded.

 

[lowbudget]

im a lazy reefer

havent seen my tank for almost a week.
my 30 gallon topoff was dried
skimmer cup over flowing
green film on the front panel
lost a few frags dont know where the fish put it.


i think i work on the tank this weekend

 

[Surgical]

i started getting a lot of cyano on the sand bed and just havent done anything about it. didnt feel like it. lazy enough?

 

[wickedfish]

I don't detail the corners of the tank and the bottom and it gets nasty coraline spots. I don't test alk as much as I should and less likely to test calcium. My calcium was at 390 this morning. I was like wtf 1550 magnesium, 10.1 alk and 390 calcium???? Meh the tank is finally growing acro like buttA!

 

[lurking]

Ive had planaria in my 120 gallon tank for over a month and keep putting off the treatment. Thats super lazy.

 

[wickedfish]

Ive had planaria in my 120 gallon tank for over a month and keep putting off the treatment. Thats super lazy.

This is your thread suuuuuuuper sucky.

 

[BeanMachine]

I'm a lazy really reefer has well. Haven't tested alk Cal or mag in months.

 

[johnwin84]

i haven't tested in a months. also i stop using filter sock since i have around 30 to wash.. but corals looks ok

 

[Kimle]

How are you such a FSM while newbies like me are become mad scientists trying to get my parameters right.

 

[wickedfish]

i haven't done a QT in months. also i stop using filter sock since i have around 30 to wash.. but corals are still hanging ok, I call it the add as much as possible and GO

Fixed^

 

[562Reefer]

Can you be a lazy reefer and a dirty sailor at the same time?

 

[johnwin84]

Can you be a lazy reefer and a dirty sailor at the same time?

Yes and you have to add coral killer to the list

 

[gr1mm]

I am a lazy reefer, i too neglected my tank for awhile and now im fighting redslime and green hair algae trying not to be so lazy.

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Yes and you have to add coral killer to the list

Lately I feel I am all three too. Onlything doing really well are my fish. Ef it... I'm going fowler...

 

[562Reefer]

Haven't done a water change in over 2 months, my ATO is empty, and haven't fed my fish in 3 days.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Haven't tested alk/Ca/Mag in 3 months. Did a 20g water change about 6 weeks ago. My phosphates have been going out of control. Have to clean my glass every 2-3 days. My SPS are def not happy


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[hbtl_ofndr]

Anyone else notice that their tanks seem to do better in spring/summer? Maybe it's because the house is all closed up tight in the winter? Or because the heater is always on?