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View Poll Results: Longest time ignoring tank before cleaning | |||
Less than a week | 2 | 5.56% | |
2 weeks | 4 | 11.11% | |
3 weeks | 5 | 13.89% | |
4 weeks | 10 | 27.78% | |
5 weeks | 4 | 11.11% | |
Other | 11 | 30.56% | |
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll |
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Longest before you cleaned your tank
As the title states what is the longest you let your tank go before cleaning it (The glass, equipment and so on)
Outside of feeding my fish I recently ignored my tank for 24 days as I was working 19 twelve hour nightshifts and spent a few days recuperating before I went about doing maintenance on my tank. Nothing died but damn some of my corals grew and grew quite a bit. So how long did yours go before cleaning it.
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Well, I clean my glass every few days. If I don't I end up with a nasty green/brown tank sitting in the middle of my house. Although, when I'm on vacation it doesn't get cleaned for a week or more.
Aside from the glass, the tank itself (equipment, sand, WC, etc), I haven't done any of that maintenance since this past June. |
#3
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There's been times in my reefing life where my tanks have gone for 8 or so weeks. Mature tanks in good condition can handle it.
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#4
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Truth! I can vouch for that :-)
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#5
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I've gone 2 months as well |
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i went 1 year and 2 months without cleaning one of my tanks (without water changes), topped of the water, added a bit of calcium, mag, and baking soda from time to time, cleaned the glass with a magnetic scraper, but that was it
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My 12gal at my office has been over 2 years without a water change. I occasionally clean the glass. We won't talk about the algae in it though. I have been meaning to shut it down, just never get to it. There is no livestock in it except for a couple snails.
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