I spend about 30 minutes a day after work spot cleaning, checking water bowls and feeding and watering my chameleon, rodents and dart frogs, then I spend about 2 minutes on Wednesday or Thursday feeding the snakes that take f/t and a few minutes on Sundays feeding the live eaters. I clean and sterilize 4-5 tubs at a time, and have extra clean tubs ready. It takes me about 20 minutes each time with a scrub brush, showerhead, air compressor and paint sprayer full of Novasan. That's about 1 1/2 hours a month for cleaning. With driving to get rodents and stuff, it's probably about 16 hours total per month for everything.