I am on an out of state trip. My normal tank sitter has come with me. I had a LFS schedule to come take a look at the tank and just make sure everything was still running, top off the top off container, check for any missing fish, and leave. I had initially contacted some folks on here, but elected to go with a LFS, figured that was a safer option, not a knock on anyone (thank you to everyone who reached out), a LFS is bonded, insured, and all that.
So the dude comes today, I let him in remotely and said "call me if you have any questions." Even left a note explaining where everything was, left a tablet so he can look at the apex, left some fish food out, etc etc.
As I'm watching the cameras for him to leave, I noticed my PH jumped about .75. Mind you it has already been high because well no one is home to add co2 into the air and bring the ph down. I immediately knew he dosed something. Turns out my 7.5 dkh was not high enough for his liking so he dosed some buffer. Next time trident tested it was almost 9.
Had he called me, I would have told him not to, I can adjust the doses from here. AND the tank just looks better at a lower dkh. Also, dude, ya don't make changes to anything when you aren't the main maintainer without asking. You also don't make changes when no one is around to intervene.
This is just frustrating. I hired a professional because I didn't want to stress about the tank whole i was gone, so much for that.....now I'm wondering what else did he do and what kind of carnage am I going to walk into in a few days.
So the dude comes today, I let him in remotely and said "call me if you have any questions." Even left a note explaining where everything was, left a tablet so he can look at the apex, left some fish food out, etc etc.
As I'm watching the cameras for him to leave, I noticed my PH jumped about .75. Mind you it has already been high because well no one is home to add co2 into the air and bring the ph down. I immediately knew he dosed something. Turns out my 7.5 dkh was not high enough for his liking so he dosed some buffer. Next time trident tested it was almost 9.
Had he called me, I would have told him not to, I can adjust the doses from here. AND the tank just looks better at a lower dkh. Also, dude, ya don't make changes to anything when you aren't the main maintainer without asking. You also don't make changes when no one is around to intervene.
This is just frustrating. I hired a professional because I didn't want to stress about the tank whole i was gone, so much for that.....now I'm wondering what else did he do and what kind of carnage am I going to walk into in a few days.