I may have asked this before but I just got a new led light for my 75g. So before I stuck it on the tank I cleaned the glass lids. Eww! But I didn't go all out with a vinegar soak to get all the mineral deposits off. Just a plastic scrubbie under running water, it got most of it. Gee, a new light now I see some more chores I've been slacking on. BBA (yeah, I knew) & overgrown sword plants...even in a biggish tank they get large!
I clean prefilter sponges every week or 2 (eek or 3?!?)...HOB filters when the flow slows even with rinsed out prefilters, say every month? Same for canister filters but much, much less often. I think I might clean lids every year...whether they need cleaning or not, lol.
In my lame defense I have very lightly stocked tanks but with lots of plants. I almost never test unless something seems wrong or there's an unexpected fish death. My 2 tanks with fish have been running for 11 years or so & some of my fish are at least that old. I see a fry or 2 in my sewellia loach tank every year & have gotten 1 aeneus cory fry in another tank but just once. That fine by me, I'm done with heavy breeders of any species, too much work.
My "big" 5ft 110g tank has never had fish, just plants. I envision a biggish school of denisoni barbs (roseline or red line barbs) but with covid my plans have been on hold for quite a while...Tank is in our "dining room"...we don't see it much beyond 1 end & kind of forget it's there...no fish to feed or look at. Slow growing plants that only need root tabs every few months...
I clean prefilter sponges every week or 2 (eek or 3?!?)...HOB filters when the flow slows even with rinsed out prefilters, say every month? Same for canister filters but much, much less often. I think I might clean lids every year...whether they need cleaning or not, lol.
In my lame defense I have very lightly stocked tanks but with lots of plants. I almost never test unless something seems wrong or there's an unexpected fish death. My 2 tanks with fish have been running for 11 years or so & some of my fish are at least that old. I see a fry or 2 in my sewellia loach tank every year & have gotten 1 aeneus cory fry in another tank but just once. That fine by me, I'm done with heavy breeders of any species, too much work.
My "big" 5ft 110g tank has never had fish, just plants. I envision a biggish school of denisoni barbs (roseline or red line barbs) but with covid my plans have been on hold for quite a while...Tank is in our "dining room"...we don't see it much beyond 1 end & kind of forget it's there...no fish to feed or look at. Slow growing plants that only need root tabs every few months...
