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how much time do you spend looking at your tank each week

  • just when I feed the fish

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • 1-3 hours a week

    Votes: 13 16.3%
  • 3-6 hours a week

    Votes: 26 32.5%
  • 6-9 hours a week

    Votes: 10 12.5%
  • 9-12 hours a week

    Votes: 12 15.0%
  • I never leave my tank alone

    Votes: 17 21.3%

  • Total voters
    80

jhale

ReefsMagazine!
Location
G.V NYC
Rating - 100%
52   0   0
I was wondering for all the time we put into maintaining our tanks,
how much time do you get each week to sit and enjoy it each week?
 

meschaefer

One to Ignore
Location
Astoria
Rating - 100%
30   0   0
I end up looking at my tank for about a 1/2 hour each day, usually in conjuction with feeding. It may be more than that, as I often lose track of time and have a nice comfortable chair in front of the tank. This doesn't account for maintance time, such as cleaning the skimmer cup, adding two part, water changes etc. etc.
 

jhale

ReefsMagazine!
Location
G.V NYC
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52   0   0
my tank is in the dining area, in a big open room.
so I guess when I'm home I get to look at the tank a lot.
an average number would be about 3 hours a day.
 

Rori

Experienced Reefer
Location
Astoria
Rating - 100%
1   0   0
usually i get home about 7ish.. till i go to bed.. so in between that time i'm constantly looking back on the tank :)
 

Awibrandy

Old School Reefer
Location
Far Rockaway
Rating - 100%
182   0   0
2 of my tanks are in the living room, so I get to look at them all the time. Especially the reef, that one is first to be seen from anywhere in the room.
 
Location
Howell, NJ
Rating - 100%
64   0   0
i would def. say i look at my tank a minimum of 2-3 hours a day ;) cant get enough of it. i usually am right infront of it on my couch when im on the site so you could say im killing 2 birds with one stone :).. its my time away from everything :lol2:
 

Vision06

Junior Member
Location
$Da Bronx$
Rating - 100%
16   0   0
I put 6-9 but it could be more or less. I usualy look until my eyes start hurting from the lights, I do something else for a bit then go back to looking.
 
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Chiefmcfuz

Guest
Rating - 100%
14   0   0
I have no choice, it's in my living room right next to my tv. I find myself watching tv and drifting to the tank then back to the TV
 

GQ22

Senior Member
Location
Jersey City
Rating - 100%
29   0   0
since i have a gf and no life, i would say around 6 hours a week mostly on fri and sat nights when instead of going out hitting on girls, im in my living room glued to my tank..oh well.
 

Reefer420

Advanced Reefer
Location
Manhattan
Rating - 100%
15   0   0
i used to all the time - but now that it's been quite a while since I've bought anything new, and that I have no more fish, hermits, snails, etc due to the mantis :irked: I don't really look at it much anymore... maybe an hour a week? The fact that it is a nano also stops me - I've seen everything there is to see in that tiny tank hundreds of times over!

Can't wait until I actually have some $$$ - but with the new apartment I am moving into I am not sure I will even be able to afford this one :(
 

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