Western Cichlid Forum

Daily Tank Check

An often overlooked process when owning an aquarium is your daily aquarium checks. It ensures that simple unexpected catastrophe’s don’t occur. Most often a tank check will not take more than a passing glance or two so at most a few seconds of your time will ensure everything is running correctly.

A basic checklist to remember is..

General Aquarium

Check your water level is not low – add water if not correct

Check water clarity – Is your water cloudy or the right colour. Water changes can rectify this issue.

Check your lights are working – replace bulbs or tubes.

Check your filtration is working – check power, clean filter etc if necessary.

Check electricals – make sure there are no frayed wires and everything looks neat and tidy. Make sure there are no tangles and that everything looks safe.

Check air – make sure your air supply is working as intended.

Check the tank for leaks or bowing of the glass

Check plumbing or hoses to your filtration to make sure it is not gunked up with algae,waste,salt (if you have a marine tank) etc

Check aquascaping and rearrange as necessary.

Remove injured or sick inhabitants and place in a quaranteen tank for treatment.

Removal of excesses

Check for dead or missing fish – This will avoid fouling of the water, bacterial growth and a number of other potential problems

Check for excessively aggressive fish and remove.

Check for uneaten food and remove.

Check and remove dead or dying plants or parts of plants

Re-plant dug up plants.

Chuck