Tossing around an apartment idea...

[ichthyogeek]

So I had an interview for a position, and the interviewer mentioned that since it’s a fairly remote location, employees spend a few days at the location, and a few days at their homes. It’s a pretty good job, (also, a job!!) and it’d be great if I got the position. But given where I want to take my fishkeeping hobby, it puts me in an interesting place.

One idea, was for me to rent a two bedroom apartment, and then sublet to somebody. Equal rent (or maybe they’d pay less?) but since the subletter basically gets a 2BR to themselves half the time, I’d ask for them to help with feeding the fish (a cube of this, hatch brine shrimp out that, etc.). Does this sound like an equal trade? It wouldn’t really interfere with the other person’s work, and hopefully wouldn’t take more than 10-30 minutes/day, but something about this arrangement sounds off to me.

The other idea is just to find somebody in a similar situation, and consolidate; I feed their fish when they’re not around, they feed my fish when I’m not around...

 

[j.falk]

Having a stranger take care of my tank? No way...I don't even trust my own wife with my tank.

 

[Nick Steele]

Yeah I’d be weary of a situation like that maybe just an auto feeder while away and you can spoil your fish when your home with frozen foods.

 

[flampton]

Automation but if you need the money still sublet and have them keep an eye just to make sure pumps are running etc..

 

[ichthyogeek]

Automation will most likely be necessary, but I’d still like to get my fish frozen food as much as possible, especially since I plan to breed them.

 

[Weasel1960]

Is permanently relocating an option?

 

[fish farmer]

Is the work location in the field?

Any ability to have a reef jar? Just shuffle it from place to place.

FWIW I packed all my tanks away when I went into the mobile workforce....but I still had a FW system at my first field bunkhouse and the same at another seasonal job. We even had a couple of FW tanks at one job with threatened native fish in them.

 

[Glue Masters]

You will have to trust this person to a high degree. Tough call, I would not do it. Automation plus some cameras will help.

 

[polyppal]

Maybe If you found another true hobbyist roommate, but that's a needle in haystack situation