Spot cleaning.

[Neal]

We feed Sunday nights and both girls have such crazy feed responses that it is sometimes Wednesday before we can even get our hand in the tanks to change water! (Usually, we are good to go by Tuesday night, 48 hrs after a feed, but sometimes it takes until Wednesday.)

We obviously can't put our hands in the tanks during that time, so..... is it safe not to spot clean that long? (Over the past 2 months, Yzma has started peeing every day, so I like to check her hides each night.)

So far, there's not been any scale rot from not being able to spot clean for up to 72 hours....but should I be concerned about that? I'd feel horrible if they got sick because I couldn't get in there to clean up a pee!!!

Are you just interpreting their look/behavior as in feeding mode? I've been around more BPs than I can count and I've always been able to go in there later or the next day if I didn't have time to do it that day and do spot cleaning, and I've been around some intense feeders.

The short answer to your question is a day or two isn't going to hurt.