I’ve been lucky over COVID times - I’ve had a stable work from home job, money that isn’t being spent on vacations and a lot of time to stare at the tank...
I've got everything as perfect as I can think of doing (and I can think of a lot). I ran water lines and set up auto water changes. I have a trident and the most stable alk/calcium/magnesium/pH I’ve ever seen. My nutrient import/export is amazing (turf scrubber plus fuge, with 8 daily feedings and 0.05/1.5 po/no3), and the system is beautifully pest algae free. I have triple pump redundancy, triple heater redundancy and two backup generators plus leak detectors for safety. I bought a PAR meter and the lighting is just where I want it to be. Flow is spot on. I have a grow out tank, a full time coral quarantine tank that is now full of new arrivals and a hospital set up when I need it. I cleared some room in the main display so that everything is ready for them.
I have literally no room to do another tank, and I’m out of things to do for this one (hell, I did pump maintenance yesterday). I’m pretty confident that if I just stood back and watched this it would be the most successful tank I’ve ever owned by some distance (it already is anyway, but some of the new additions in waiting are awesome)
This is *killing me*. I need to tinker with something - my inner child needs a new toy.
What do you guys do to defeat the tinkers itch and just leave it alone?
I've got everything as perfect as I can think of doing (and I can think of a lot). I ran water lines and set up auto water changes. I have a trident and the most stable alk/calcium/magnesium/pH I’ve ever seen. My nutrient import/export is amazing (turf scrubber plus fuge, with 8 daily feedings and 0.05/1.5 po/no3), and the system is beautifully pest algae free. I have triple pump redundancy, triple heater redundancy and two backup generators plus leak detectors for safety. I bought a PAR meter and the lighting is just where I want it to be. Flow is spot on. I have a grow out tank, a full time coral quarantine tank that is now full of new arrivals and a hospital set up when I need it. I cleared some room in the main display so that everything is ready for them.
I have literally no room to do another tank, and I’m out of things to do for this one (hell, I did pump maintenance yesterday). I’m pretty confident that if I just stood back and watched this it would be the most successful tank I’ve ever owned by some distance (it already is anyway, but some of the new additions in waiting are awesome)
This is *killing me*. I need to tinker with something - my inner child needs a new toy.
What do you guys do to defeat the tinkers itch and just leave it alone?