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I typically have a reefing friend house sit.
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With the "planned vacations" I am lucky to have a fellow reefer stop in and check/monitor the tank for me. BUT an "unplanned" 5 day hospital stay prompted me to do as "NeonRabbit221B" did … but only about a 4 1/2 pages of instructions and checks. On ecamera (courtesy of my son-in-law who was SUPER nervous while tank sitting one time) that can me moved around for off-site observance with whomever may be in charge while I'm away! Also an Apex … is a help as well! Been lucky … no major problems that anyone had to feel bad over while I've been away … only catastrophes while I WAS home!...
2. I have a 6 page document of instructions for fish sitter for trouble shooting, feeding instructions and testing instructions. I have cords labeled, reef-pi notifies me of issues and have cameras setup around the tank for a visual checkup. I check and PM pumps the week before I go and do a walk through with them the day before.
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1. Major travel anxiety, two crashes both times. Enough money lost to drive a new car off a cliff for no reason ;MehNo matter how prepared you are it seems like it never fails that when you're "out of town" something is going to go wrong with your reef tank. It could be a GFCI trips, a pump quits working, a fish quits eating, the ATO runs out of water, it could be so many things. If there's going to be a problem it seems like it's going to happen while you are traveling. Or maybe it's just me? Meh. Let's talk about it today!
1. Do you have travel anxiety when it comes to your saltwater reef aquarium?
2. How do you mitigate problems happening while you're away? What plans or people do you have in place?
3. What's the worse thing to ever happen while you were away?
Thanks for sharing that AJ. I have to get a Webcam as well. Is there a particular kind that you recommend to work with the Apex? Apex is my soux-reefer. I control it, and it controls my reef1. Mild, really depends where I'm traveling. If its for work, I'll think of my tank more than traveling for fun ha.
2. Automate everything I possibly can, even to the point that at home I really only have to feed my fish. Water changes and dosing is all automatic and designed to run for 14+ days no intervention. Plus webcams in the display and sump for ease of mind.
3. Years ago, pre controllers, had a ATO get stuck and rapidly fill my sump. Luckily, had a webcam and somehow noticed the issue. Friend was close by and able to fix before a flood.