Guest jimmy_396_jimmy Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 i am very lazy to testing water and i need to test more often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 It truly depends on what I am doing with a tank. A cycling tank will be tested ( ammonia or nitrite and ammonia or all three depending on the developing cycle) on an increasing schedule until it is to a daily basis near the end of the cycle. (Fishless) A tank that has been changed is some way, treated with meds, or has a fish load that has changed is tested daily for a bit, or until any danger of a cycle bump is gone. A tank that is established and solidly unchanged for months is tested weekly. Any time a tank looks, smells or acts differently, or anytime equipment it changed or altered in any fashion, a test is done. I send my well water and my RO water to a chemical company for analysis every 6 months, for it changes with the seasons and I need to know what I am getting. This allows me to treat the water accordingly. I love making up little charts with all the little numbers filled in in neat little columns. I am obsessive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member littleone78 Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 I actually test the water twice a week, before each water change to determine how much water I should change out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tazz Knight Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 I agree with daryl...but normally by weekly if the tank is a good tank...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member chico Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 I try to test every other day. I'm obsessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member the goldfish man Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 every other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Black oranda Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 Hmm it all depends, at the momment i've been really busy with stuff. So I check my water levels when ever i really can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LuvMuhFred Posted August 31, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 31, 2005 Everyday on my main tank Twice a day on my QT where my new pealie is and twice a day on Freds hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kissy Posted August 31, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 31, 2005 If funky is going on with my fish or the water, I test usually before a water change. For some tanks its weekly, others its twice a week or more (betta tank w/out filter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sollicitus_witness Posted August 31, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 31, 2005 I think I am usually good to go once a week, right before I Lug my water bucket out from my closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy_396_jimmy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 i guess everybody here actually tests once a week not like lazy me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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