How often do you check your fishes are OK?

[Wyld-Fyre]

I check mine every couple of days, just to be on the safe side, and as I have well-planted tanks, count the numbers once a fortnight.

Oh no! one of my fishes has a tear scar along its side! (Bollards!)

 

[canarsie11]

I do a mental count couple of times a week.


But I try to examine my fish everytime I do water change

 

[clutterydrawer]

check in what way? I sit and stare at them for about half an hour twice a day, but i look at them much more often than that.

 

[MAM]

depends on the fish. the bigger guys, well, i can just look at the tank and see them. the bettas, i check every couple of days, check their fins and such. the puffer i check daily, as i seem to have had a bad batch and have been losing them one by one. i check the hatchetfish daily, i lost some once to a rather hungry fish and have since just become paranoid about them, even though the offender no longer resides in that tank (my hatchets are some of my fave fishies), and i check my livebearers once of twice a week to see how they look, look to see if the females are preggars, etc. the plec, well, i see her when i see her and don't worry much. when i do water changes, i'll do a quick inventory of the rest to be sure i have everyone

 

[Paul_MTS]

check in what way? I sit and stare at them for about half an hour twice a day, but i look at them much more often than that.

same here!!

when i'm home I always go and have a look at my scaled friends quite freqently, i'm pretty sure i would nitice if somethings up quite quickly.

 

[canarsie11]

I was assuming he meant as far as inspection for problems.

I also look at my fish for hrs daily and if something is noticed , but there are times a look for problems

 

[Crystal]

I do a count and check twice a day, once in the morning, and then before bed.

 

[Sasha]

I check my fish around twice a day!

 

[Grim Reaper]

Everyday 4 5 mins

 

[Cheese Specialist]

It's quite hard for me to check in one of my tanks but I spend a fair amount of time looking at the fish and know when there's one missing. It's finding the ones that have gone missing that's the hard part! I am sure there's a Bermuda Triangle in my biggest tank.

 

[SailfinGirl]

Twice a day, then I inspect them every time I do a water change.

 

[Puffer_freak]

I multi-task!
Sit/stare/inspect

 

[Arfie]

I do a roll call every morning, but watch them for 2 hours a day on average.

Arfie

 

[Gazoo]

I've found a renewed interest in my fish recently and practically have to stop for a few minutes every time I pass them and enjoy how cool they are.

 

[Whiskerz]

all my fish are in my room (same with my computer) and im always in my room, the only time I go out of my room is to go to a friends house.
So i see my fish about 10 hours a day or more