Originally posted by Cosmo I fix for 5 min. Does the job fine.
What film, what fixer. Comments like this are worse than useless because they don't give up any information that can be used.
What if the film/fixer combination the OP uses requires a 10 minute fixing time?
He follows your little bit of non info and buggers his film's archivability with retained silver.
What if he is using a strong rapid fix and a thin emulsion film that only needs a 2 minute fixing time? He's then spending 3 minutes burning his images off the base.
If you have advice, give it, but have the smarts to not be dangerous about it.