how can some people keep their fish without water test kits?

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What is a test kit?

Water parameters...

Hence why I own a test kit and can check if something isn't right...

but then what do you do? big water changes, right?
 
I test at least weekly. But I am also heavily stocked--20 fish in a 125 Gallon. If I had 3-4 medium fish in my tank--my stocking was lighter--I wouldn't test, either. Or if I had a bigger tank with a lot more water volume. I wouldn't test. Or if I had more pothos. I have like two little sprigs in the corners, and the fish keep eating the roots. If I had a BUNCH of pothos growing in the sump, where the fish can't get at them, I wouldn't test.
 
Thanks! It's tough to guess the exact gallons of my tank because of it's odd shape but it's 2 feet tall and just over 4 foot at it longest. I'd say its about 100 gallons give or take!
 
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