Successful fishkeeping and regular maintenance go hand in hand. It is an opportunity to restore and revitalize, making sure that everything is as god as it can be and that the health of the animals is preserved and extended.
  Maintenance is a logical system of regular activities designed to keep the aquarium fully functioning. To successfully maintain an aquarium the following should be put into practice:

DAILY
1)  Check livestock- no. and general health
2)  Check temperature
3)  Empty protein skimmer waste
4)  Check equipment working correctly
5)  Remove any uneaten food
6)  Enter observations into aquarium log
7)  Check water flow to denitrification filter
8)  Top up water in Osmolator  reservoir
9)  Top up water and salt in automatic water change systems
10)  Adjust ozonizer output

EVERY OTHER DAY
1)  Top up evaporated water
2)  remove algae from front glass
3)  Clean prefilters in systemized tans

WEEKLY
1)  Clean cover glasses
2)  Remove any “salt creep”
3)  Add trace elements, pH buffers and vitamin supplements

FORTNIGHTLY
1)  Change 15-20% of water
2)  Test for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH and specific gravity
3)  replace filter floss in canister filter
4)  Disconnect fluorescent tubes when cool, clean and dry out
5)  Clean probes of electronic meters and controllers

MONTHLY
1)  Rake through the coral sand substrate

B1- MONTHLY
1)  Replace any airstones
2)  Change carbon
3)  Clean protein skimmer
4)  Remove excess algae .Check all electrical connections

EVERY THREE MONTHS
1)  Clean pump impellers, pipework, internal housing and check for wear
2)  Clean out all canister filter hoses
3)  Change air filter pads
4)  Clean the internal quartz sleeve of the ultraviolet sterilizer

EVERY SIX MONTHS
1)  Replace ultraviolet sterilizer tubes
2)  renew fluorescent tubes and other lighting
3)  Change damaged or worn pump impellers
4)  renew non- return air waves