Time required for maint. on 90 gal

[gobytron]

This hobby is what you make of it.
VAlue in value out kind of thing.

The question you're asking is almost impossible to answer because everyone has a different system...

Talk to TomR, he's a guy who professes to be lazy in his retirement and enjoy his awesome tanks, as such he has set up a very simple but sophisticated ato and water changing system for his two massive tanks.
I think that his is a good example of how people can take some work and stress out if this hobby with a little ingenuity and some planning.

You could easily set up a tank that had near auto water changes, automatic freshwater top offs and even have it fed automatically.

I started in this hobby with no ato, no aquacontroller and no clue...
I was putting about an hour a day into tank maintenance overfeeding, constantly playing with my water params and that was with just a 72 and an aquapod.

Now I have several tanks, the largest of which is a 95 and I would say that I put in about an hour a week in maintenance.

It's cost me a little more money over the years but i have acquired a lot of pieces of equipment that help me.

Just do your research so you know what is involved and then have a look around at what this hobby has to make keeping a reef manageable for your own specific expectations.

[Leah]

Its like children you don't know till you have them

[gobytron]

except kids are easier to find a babysitter for.

[bubbleblower]

Thanks for all the replies!
I've been researching as much as I can, but at some point in time you have to jump in and start screwing up
Thanks