How long do you look at your tank?

[A_Lee]

How long do you spend looking at your tank per day, on average?
Not doing maintenance, just sitting there and enjoying your tank.
I find myself spending at least 1/2 - 1 sitting in my chair facing my tank.

 

[tuberider]

~1 hr a day for me, mostly as a distraction

 

[hiepatitis]

until my wife yells at me

 

[JAR]

Almost an hour. Some days more.
Every morning with my 1 year old daughter on my lap and her hands on the glass.
Can't get enough of it actually.

 

[Elite]

1-2 hours each day but the last four weeks, 1-2 minutes. Somedays I don't even look at it. I haven't clean the glass for 4 weeks. I just moved the tank today to the new place. What a PIA... Hopefully I won't lose much since I didn't spend much time to get ready for the move. Things look like crap now ..

 

[sfsuphysics]

Not very much at all, I doubt even an hour. The downside of it being downstairs, I don't often go down there.

 

[Gomer]

At night when I get home, a few minutes. A few more in the evening in passing, and then, almost as a ritual when I get out of the shower right before bed...as a bonus, it gives me a bit more time to "air dry"

 

[MontanaBay]

the new tank is next to the lazy boy facing the tv, its the favorite seat in the house, probably gets 3-4hrs a day off attention (5 roommates). I usually grab my feeding cup, turkey baster for the evening news, and spread the feeding out over the 1hr time slot, no better way to end the day!

 

[DurTBear]

I'd say I look at it for at least 30 minutes a day. Definitely take a 5 minute glance in the morning, at least 15 minutes when I first get home from work and then various times throughout the evening (i.e. when the only the actinics are on and when only the moonlights are on).

 

[GreshamH]

somedays I wouldn't even know I had a tank if it were not for the protein skimmer noise :lol:

 

[Euphyllia]

Some days I watch my tanks for 2-4 hours, but normally I watch them for only about 30 minutes.

 

[seminolecpa]

At night when I get home, a few minutes. A few more in the evening in passing, and then, almost as a ritual when I get out of the shower right before bed...as a bonus, it gives me a bit more time to "air dry"

Thanks for that visual right as I was eating lunch.....

 

[Gomer]

Just make sure you don't come visit me around 11pm-midnight

 

[sfsuphysics]

somedays I wouldn't even know I had a tank if it were not for the protein skimmer noise :lol:

I fed my tank last night some oyster chow, and for whatever reason I turned my protein skimmer off, and I was absolutely amazed to how quiet my tank was, my new goal is to find a way to sound proof my sump area!

 

[Gomer]

Just wait till I design a silent skimmer!

or go skimmerless

 

[Gomer]

somedays I wouldn't even know I had a tank if it were not for the protein skimmer noise :lol:

I fed my tank last night some oyster chow, and for whatever reason I turned my protein skimmer off, and I was absolutely amazed to how quiet my tank was, my new goal is to find a way to sound proof my sump area!

Are you thinking what I am thinking? If so, you are thinking of using a sonication probe to create both cavatation bubbles and break up venturi bubbles rather than using an impeller/needlewheel etc

oh ya....

 

[Erick]

I look at my tank 90% less than I read this forum and nano-reef.... mostly cause I have the forums up at work.. shhhh don't tell the boss

 

[Jombo]

Not much because it's at home in San Francisco, and I'm in school in Santa Cruz. But when I do go home, a good 4-5 hours easily.
In the summer when I see it more often, probably a good hour or 2 everyday.

 

[Factor-5]

5 minutes after I wake up to feed and count my fish to make sure nobody commited suicide via carpetdiving and then about half an hour after work each day.

 

[Orion]

on and off through out the whole day like about 2 hours it is in the hallway so no mattar where you go in the house you pass by it and take a look at it