Tank minimum maintenance, practical and inexpensive

My thoughts were pretty similar to yours... I wanted easy maintenance, so my tank is in the bathroom a few feet away from the toilet and bath tub. (I know, kind of lazy, but I'm also doing a fish bathroom so it works.) I originally thought a 5g would be perfect for a Betta, but then heard so many people say that a 5g would be more work than a 10g, and I didn't believe my counter could handle the extra weight.

DH and I both agreed the Eclipse 12 was just about the right size, and now that it's up, I agree. I'll get a beautiful center piece fish, a beautiful school of fish, some bottom critters.

I got dried/dyed plants that are real so they look/feel real, but require no maintenance. I will be adding a few small real, low maintenance ones to balance things out.

I have a Seachem Ammonia Alert next to my thermometer, and plan to get a pH monitor as well, so I can eyeball these critical things.

The tank is only a month old (has been redone several times) and is currently cycling, so I don't have a maintenance plan yet. But it'll be pretty often, since it's so conveniently located.

I also do not have sand... I'd had it previously and it was a challenge to clean.
 
If you really want to make your maintenence easy, add an auto water change system (what rallysman has on his tank), with a "syphon reciever" added to the drain from the tank. That's what I think I might do with my FW tanks, maintence should take less than 10-20 minutes a month for a lot of tanks.
 
Get a large tank with good filtration and one fish. The more fish you add the quicker the tank will get dirty. 10 gallon with 1 betta is the rule I use. I have two 55's with very few fish. The fish are happy and the tank stays clean.
 
garbon2535 said:
Get a large tank with good filtration and one fish. The more fish you add the quicker the tank will get dirty. 10 gallon with 1 betta is the rule I use. I have two 55's with very few fish. The fish are happy and the tank stays clean.
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He could also use that rule on small schooling fish, with very little bioload (tetras/danios perhaps?), still get the benefit of individual fish, but enough of a school that it would look nice.
 
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