6 months no water change, no skimmer, no testing and everything looks great

[acepumping]

Originally Posted by mikepclo

My question is.. If your tank was setup to be low maintenance and it's been doing well for past 6 months. Why wc now? Wouldn't you want to see how long it can run without. I know I would =)

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[gobytron]

Mainly cuz my interest is just up again...

I was NOT meaning to leave it for as long as I wound up....was just a pretty epic summer followed by a busy spring.

Once my heads back in it, I'm just as prone to over maintaining as the next guy.

I totally agree though, would be cool to see just how long a tank could go before you start to see any significant negative impacts.


I just wanted something that would allow me to enjoy when I can but not die off when I can't or don't.

[toytech]

I ran my 55 as no skimmer / sump / dosing with softies and lps and I eventually stopped doing waterchanges because nitrates and phosphates where always at zero and things where growing , had the best zoa growth out of any tank I had and didn't do a water change for over a year . I did have tons of live rock and flow and fed sparingly and that seemed to keep things in line . And whern`t there supposed to be pics?

[gobytron]

Brought my t5i into the office today and loaded some pics...

These were taken right after the glass was cleaned, just before I did the first WC in 6-7 months.

[gobytron]

And a few I took after I'd played with the camera a bit and added some inhabitants.

You can see in the first pic here how the algae was on the glass.
I leave 1 pane that way as a source of food and breeding for copepods.