Who takes care of your tank When your out of town?

[TJSlayer]

We have had dogs for years and never liked to kennel them so now when my sis comes to watch the dogs she watches the fish as well, If she doesn't my wifes sis does, or one of my brothers, etc.

Just make a friend! And have an emergency number to call if thiings go squirly (Friend (Fellow reefer), LFS that will help, etc.)....

Shouldn't be too hard to do.....

TJ

[JDigital]

lorenZo aka Roommate.

[Trigger Man]

Sister's husband comes by every few days to do a good feeding and water top up. I do a couple of good water changes right before I leave, so the tank is in good condition water wise for atleast a few weeks. When I get back i do another water change the next day.

[Bugsy]

My two teenage boys......

I threaten them before I leave...

They are actually pretty good, I have never had any issues. With my freshwater tank, I put the dry food into containers measured out and all they have to do is open lid and dump they never over feed that way. For the frozen foods I have it all measured out so they just feed as I say with that.

When I had my 10 gal nano the biggest thing was top ups, they were really good with both that and feeding was done the same as the freshwater.

Now I have a 1 gal pico so the top ups are more frequent and we just went away on a cruise for a week and everything was perfect when we came home. We will be going on a 14 day Hawaiian cruise next and they will do the same.

I don't get them to do water changes, would never do that. I just cut back on the amount of food while I am away.

I trained them early in life.....

Good luck
Amy

[silverplanet]

My tank is automated except feeding so a friend comes by every 2 or 3 days. top up water reservoir needs to be filled once a week if i am gone longer then that. other then that everything is done.

Jason

[04scoobysti]

Well, it looks like everyone relys on a friend or family to do the dirty work when they're away.
It's looking like i might have to enlist one of my friends (all of which don't know a thing about maintaining a fish tank, let alone a reef tank.)
Looks like the training/recruiting is going to have to start ASAP so I'm ready for December.

Thanks for all your reply's. It would be pretty cool to see if someone has a completely self-sufficient tank with the exception of cleaning the glass (maybe someone did a DIY for that too)

[Skimmerking]

with my tank all i have to do is clean the glass for now until the trace element gods take over. that should be in about 2 months