How long does it take to do your tank's maintance?

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  1. piezopaul

    piezopaul Bristle Worm

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    I do my work while watching football. Scrape, watch a play, scrape, watch a play. Don't get it done quickly, but not much pain. However, my skimmer is fairly disgusting biweekly. It takes 15 minutes. Feeding 5 minutes daily. Water top offs and changes probably average out to 10 minutes a day. Altogether around 25 hours a day.
     
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Once a month it takes about an hour cleaning filter and skimmer and water change. Every two weeks 15 min to change water and whatever. Daily about 5 min feeding and cleaning if necessary.
     
  4. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Mine and Luna's time spent are about the same. The older the tank is, the less it needs. I don't spend near the time on mine compared to this time last year. Once it hit a year old, it pretty much took care of itself. However.......complacency became an issue with me a few months ago and I paid with the death of three of my finer corals.

    So that being said........