Redundancy as vacation preparation

[lilrobb]

SO,

I am going on vacations for two weeks, and wondered what precautions need to be taken when leaving town for an extended time.

Barry is nice enough to check on the tank every couple of days to feed and check for general issues - and we fragged every single of my SPS today to have some "back-up frags" in his tank "just in case".

I don't dose anything on a regular basis, and as far as waterchanges go the next two weeks none will happen.

Is there anything else I can do to make as easy as possible on Barry for tank sitting, the tank for keeping stable and me for my peace of mind?

Any input is appreciated.

Robb

 

[jt955]

you should frag everything again, i will keep them in my tank for extra back up frags.

 

[grouper therapy]

No Holiday stay home!lol

 

[cr500_af]

Don't worry Rob, I can do a WC if needed... I have a full box of Mortons. Non-iodized even.

 

[skriz]

I went on vacation for 4 weeks and did nothing for my tank:no sitter, nada. Everything went well.

I went again, but this time I had a sitter and did a bunch of prep: I lost a TON of sps and some fish.

Lesson learned: don't do anything out of the ordinary.

 

[cr500_af]

Skriz;387959 wrote: I went on vacation for 4 weeks and did nothing for my tank:no sitter, nada. Everything went well.

I went again, but this time I had a sitter and did a bunch of prep: I lost a TON of sps and some fish.

Lesson learned: don't do anything out of the ordinary.

Our game plan at this point is:
Feed fish.
Make sure topoff container is full.
Visual check of what's going on in the tank.
Cell/email/text if anything looks amiss.

The one Rob doesn't know about:
Sell frags for pocket money and hope they heal within two weeks so he won't notice.

 

[lilrobb]

Yep,
we plan for NOTHING to be done in these two weeks - except some feeding and the top off check (my fans evaporate a TON of water).
Kinda the story of my tank - don't mess with it and everything will be fine...

 

[lilrobb]

cr500_af;387962 wrote:
The one Rob doesn't know about:
Sell frags for pocket money and hope they heal within two weeks so he won't notice.

Don't tell him that this will be only POCKET money...

 

[cr500_af]

Is there a bonus if the pistol shrimp is gone when you return?

 

[weaglereefer]

I'll bring up my Pistol from my sump and let them duke it out.

 

[lilrobb]

Well,
I could offer a frag of anything in my tank - hmmmm, wait - you just got that already... LOL