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Become Agoraphobic and never feel safe leaving the same room your tank is in.
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That's pretty much every weekI would suggest a few 'test weeks'. ONLY do things you would expect your help to do ...
I feel like i do that on a weekly basis. I have ATO, dosers for alk and calcium so besides the occasional flipping a snail over or the daily feedings, I don't do a lot with my tank until the weekends. Its only when I go out of town some unforseen event happens to pop up and give me a good scare! I'm definitely leaning towards implementing Apex on my system...I would suggest a few 'test weeks'. ONLY do things you would expect your help to do ...
I cant imagine not having my Apex.That's pretty much every week
I feel like i do that on a weekly basis. I have ATO, dosers for alk and calcium so besides the occasional flipping a snail over or the daily feedings, I don't do a lot with my tank until the weekends. Its only when I go out of town some unforseen event happens to pop up and give me a good scare! I'm definitely leaning towards implementing Apex on my system...
That‘s sort of the challenge. An Apex or controller isn’t a “must have” its definitely a “nice to have”. If someone can keep an eye on your tank then you’re probably in good shape.Yeah, yeah. Everyone loves their Apex! I'm trying to figure out how to break it to my gf that I will need to invest another $3000 into this tank...yes baby, I will still need to buy salt
I had a reef from 1997-2000 and I don't remember it being this much of an issue! I agree, it's an investment in peace of mind!That‘s sort of the challenge. An Apex or controller isn’t a “must have” its definitely a “nice to have”. If someone can keep an eye on your tank then you’re probably in good shape.
Pre-Apex a friend of ours would check on the tank every day and do feedings. Luckily they were at the house when my Klir roller filter ran out. Good news / bad news — we used facetime to figure out the problem and turned off the Klir. So the tank ran a few days without a filter change and nothing truly bad happened. Apex couldn’t have helped the situation.
This is more about how do you want to handle your tank while you’re away.
Sure. Keep practicing saying that so when you say that to your GF it sounds sincere. HahahI had a reef from 1997-2000 and I don't remember it being this much of an issue! I agree, it's an investment in peace of mind!
Right, like turn off return pumps , add hob filter or something and just worry about having someone check the tank every couple of days , fish can go a awhile on less food we probly over feed all the time anyway. When you come back the tank just needs a good cleaning no harm doneIn the 10 years I have been reefing I have taken at least 30 trips and never had an issue.
Take all that unnecessary equipment offline prior to going on vaca and have someone come over every day to spend 5 minutes feeding and topping off with a little fresh water if really necessary.
I usually leave them $100 if I am gone a week or two. $50 if less than a week. The price is well worth the piece of mind.
I bet your friends don’t pick up the phone when they know your going on vacationsomeone had to come over "only" twice a day??