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The longest youve went without changing the water2007-11-24 23:40:23

I have two questions for fish owners out there:

After your scheduled water cleaning day, you didn't do it for some reason. How much time was spent before you actually did it?

Why did you wait so long?

Answers:

*sigh. I'm going to be very honest with you. I used to have a betta in a *gasp* half-gallon unheated, unfiltered betta bowl. *sigh* There, I admitted it. What's worse is, he was lucky if he got his water changed about once a month. Please don't hurt me. I didn't know any better then, and although I had access to the internet, I had no clue it was bad. The poor guy lasted about eight months. Why'd I wait so long? I was ignorant.

Now I know better. All three tanks get changed anywhere between 10-30% every week to eight or nine days (we're usually pretty religious about water changes on Saturdays though). If it doesn't get done on Saturday for whatever reason, then it gets done on a Sunday. If, God forbid, it still doesn't get done on a Sunday, then everyone gets fresh water on Monday. Though I think that's only happened once. See, we're lucky enough to have a Python (without that, I think we'd only have the two tanks up), so water changes aren't a huge pain in the butt and take about half hour for all the tanks.

And.seriously. Don't hurt me about the betta, Heywood Jablome the first. I know better now.

EDIT: Ok, judging by all the answers so far, I win, right? Oh God, most of you people shouldn't have fish.

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3 days

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my fishes had ick, didnt want to mess with them til they got better, but they ended up dying

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well, I change my fishes water like once every 2 months, if it starts growing algea, then get sucker fish, they clean the bowl very well.

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I have waited until the water was a bit cloudy which means there is little oxygen in the water -- that was because I went away and failed to change the water before leaving. This was not good and I don't suggest it!!