Frequently Asked Questions

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• Water Changes: One form of nutrient control. Replacing a portion of old water with clean, reducing waste and in saltwater often balancing key nutrients. Saltwater systems receive RO-filtered or reef-grade saltwater. Freshwater systems receive the appropriate treatment for your setup.
• Glass and Surface Cleaning: Removing algae and biofilm from the glass and decorations so you can enjoy your tank!
• Substrate Vacuuming: Siphoning debris, uneaten food, and waste from substrate before harmful compounds have a chance to build up.
• Filter Maintenance: Cleaning or replacing filter media as needed to keep water flowing cleanly and efficiently.
• Equipment Check: Inspecting heaters, pumps, lights, and other equipment to catch issues before they become problems.
• Water Testing: Just as oxygen is important to you, plants, coral, and fish have their own parameters they need to be safe. Measuring key parameters like ammonia, nitrate, and pH, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, etc… to confirm your system is balanced and safe for its inhabitants.
• Algae and Nutrient Control: Identifying and addressing the root causes of algae growth to keep your tank looking its best.

A typical service visit runs anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours depending on your system's needs.

Reef Keepers serves a wide range of clients across the metro and surrounding Atlanta area including homeowners, hobbyists, offices, medical offices, and restaurants. If you have a tank that needs attention, we can help.

Almost anything. Reef tanks are Alex's specialty and personal passion, but Reef Keepers has experience caring for freshwater, saltwater, and reef systems of all kinds. That includes fish-only tanks, planted tanks, coral reefs, and systems housing turtles, seahorses, crustaceans, and more. If you can build it, we can maintain it.

The most common reasons clients reach out are:

• Persistent algae or cloudy water
• Unhealthy or stressed fish
• Needing a reliable, hands-off maintenance solution
• Wanting a better understanding of what their tank actually needs

Whether you're dealing with an active problem or just want your tank to be stress-free, that's exactly what we're here for.

Reef Keepers is based in Atlanta and serves a wide range of surrounding communities.

Current service areas include:

North Atlanta: Marietta, Roswell, Duluth, Vinings, Sandy Springs, Alpharetta, Kennesaw

East Atlanta: Lawrenceville, Snellville, Stone Mountain, Conyers

South Atlanta: McDonough, Locust Grove, Hampton, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Newnan

West Atlanta: Carrollton, Douglasville, Dallas

Pricing varies depending on your system, location, and the scope of service needed. Every tank is different, and we'd rather give you an accurate quote than a number that doesn't reflect your actual situation. 

Contact us and we'll put together a service plan that fits your setup and budget.

This depends on your specific system, but most aquariums benefit from regular maintenance visits to stay balanced and healthy. During your consultation, we will assess your tank and recommend a service schedule that makes sense for your setup.

If you have a question or an emergency between scheduled visits, we can we reached by call or text, and will help you work through it.

First, reach out we can do an in-person or over the phone visit. Then, during our first visit, we would need to go over the history of the tank, your goal, and necessary equipment. Our maintenance package will cover generally any goal. This will usually include us working through a schedule moving forward on water changes, feeding regiments, cleaning, equipment changes, and seeing if there are diseases or pests in the tank.

This will typically be figured out before the first service when speaking to a technician. It is all dependent on your system and goals.

If you are missing equipment and want us to handle it we can do it all. Some clients choose to have us use their water but we typically bring our own. Your freshwater tank may just need a filter and heater, your saltwater tank may just need a pump and skimmer, however, if your goal requires skimmers, reactors, controllers, we have used almost everything out there, we know what to recommend.