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and the the cleaning and water changes on the three are getting to be a
time problem.

Don't know if it is interest to you, but I recently installed a bit of
plumbing into my tanks that allows me to do water changes very fast,
sitting on the floor in front of the tank without even opening the lid.
This made a huge difference to my tank. Instead of big water changes
every 2-3 weeks, with wet carpets and hard work, I now do twice-weekly
10% water changes with no effort and in a lot less time.

It might be worth reconsidering getting rid of a tank if the main
problem is the time spent on maintenance. The whole installation only
took a couple of hours and cost around 25 UKP (about $40 I think). You
don't need much DIY knowledge for it either. If you want more info, post
back and I'll describe it in more details.

HTH

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Alan Silver