My name is W1ngz and I'm a lazy reefer...

[W1ngz]

It happened earlier this afternoon. It's Sunday, my usual tank maintenance day. It's also the first really nice, warm and sunny summer afternoon of the season. I can hear the kids playing outside, the windows are open, there's a breeze. The pool is finally a nice clear blue, instead of the early spring semi green-brown swamp it's been since the thaw. My mind wanders off to taking the dog to the dog park, or stripping the top off the jeep and going for the long drive along the lake road. Then one more thought crosses my mind...

It's just one water change. You can skip it this once.

But I can't skip it. Sure, one missed water change isn't going to be the end of it all, but allowing that thought to become reality, to become true... I'll be fighting this fight every week until October.

 

[Matt Carden]

Depends how old the tank is? More than a year, you can skip a few throughout the summer it'll be fine

 

[JoshH]

Depends how old the tank is? More than a year, you can skip a few throughout the summer it'll be fine

Don't encourage it!!! ;Hilarious;Hilarious

 

[W1ngz]

Depends how old the tank is? More than a year, you can skip a few throughout the summer it'll be fine

There's some nuance to my post. This has everything to do with self-discipline, and nothing to do with water changes. lol
Skip one, and the chances go up to skip the next one. And the next. Then at one BBQ or on a day trip, you realize you've gone a month.

 

[Matt Carden]

My tank has been running 6 months. I've only done 4 water changes.

 

[luckylepgw]

My lfs has a cube going that hasn't had a water change in over a year... And its pretty to

 

[tehmadreefer]

I go months sometimes, cos yes I am lazy and don't care what anyone thinks.

 

[Hemmdog]

Once every 2 months is my sweet spot.

 

[najer]

What is this "water change" voodoo of which you speak?

 

[Jon Fishman]

I miss my jeep..... I can only have one hobby that encompasses every last drop of my disposable income though.......

 

[W1ngz]

I miss my jeep..... I can only have one hobby that encompasses every last drop of my disposable income though.......

Tell me about it... though I chose not to do too many upgrades on her. She was last year’s project, a salvage rescue that became my daily driver.

 

[HB AL]

Haven't done a water change in almost 2 years. Just add red sea abcd once a month. Have no controller's and such. My tank is pretty heavily stocked with corals and fish all doing great. A missed water change here and there is not that big of a deal.

 

[fish farmer]

There's some nuance to my post. This has everything to do with self-discipline, and nothing to do with water changes. lol
Skip one, and the chances go up to skip the next one. And the next. Then at one BBQ or on a day trip, you realize you've gone a month.

It's either WC or mow the lawn today...after work that is. I'm at one month since last WC. It's not really the WC I'm slipping on, it is all the other tinkering I want to do, like install a new sump, move some frags around, maybe make new frags, kill some mushrooms and aiptasia.

I also have to put a garden in, perfect weather for that.

 

[HB AL]

If it's not gonna cause a crash it can wait.