Tank Maintanance

[kris-b-]

I voted for twice a week I try to do it on a Thursday and a Sunday as these are the days I have more time!

 

[Ethos]

What it mean to be bothered?
I do it whenever there is something to be done, and with all my modorn gadgets, thats usually once a week for water changes.
That usually all I do, except feed, scrape algae and moniter water stats.
Not really hard if you ask me.

 

[FishFreaks]

Once a week here

 

[Tolak]

Once a week on the average for most tanks. Sometimes I stretch it to 10 days if life gets busy, sometimes they get it every 5 days if it's slow at work & I'm bored.

Tolak

 

[CluelessScot]

Once a week for me

 

[modernhamlet]

At least weekly, more often most of the time...

 

[Synirr]

Once a week like clockwork... slightly slow clockwork that loses time every now and then, since I am sometimes a day or two late )

 

[OohFeeshy]

Depends, the betta tanks (the 1.5g's) I do once a week, the 3g's I do once a week but sometimes miss a few days (they're an awkward size), the 7g I do 100% every other week, the 15g, once a fortnight ATM becasue its only got a honey gourami in it and the 20g, every week, occasionally skipping a week (lots of filtration, plants etc, even though it's overstocked).

 

[paulthegreat]

I do the 54 liter and 112 liter once a week, the 54 gets twice a week when I have a lot of fry/juvies in there. The 500 liter gets done about once every three weeks to a month.

 

[CFC]

I voted once a week as the majority of my tanks get a water change and substrate clean at the weekend but i do an additional midweek 15% water change on my biggest tank because it is overstocked and has sensative fish and the big brackish tank only gets a water change once every two weeks because it has a protein skimmer which removes a large portion of the toxins.

 

[Bryan1957]

I voted once a week. The weekends are the days I get the chance to do them. I sometimes don't get everything done that I planned, so I stretch it to Monday night after work. I go camping with my two sons and the Boy Scouts once a month so the tanks don't get a full blown cleaning that weekend, I just change water, put plants back in the substrate and minor maintenance on Sunday. The next weekend I give them a thourogh cleaning. The small quarantine tanks I do during the week after work, or Sunday; more often when needed.

 

[morgan]

Water change once a week, gravel vac in between.

 

[houndour]

once a week

 

[smithrc]

when i can be bothered hmmmm..
who is seriously going to vote for that?

That would be me.... but it normally means once a month so thats what I went with....

Bring on the flaming I'm ready for you!

All our tanks are well planted so the nitrate is normally always 0.
The deitrus (fish poop and rotting plant matter) is good food for the plants too.

The actual planted tank gets more attention.. with 1-2 week water changes and cleaning.

 

[chrisnewmanuk]

ive not got any fish in my tank yet, it's cycling... but i plan to do a 10-15% water change once a week