Hugh Mann
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So I’m going to be gone for about 15 days at some point in the near future. In the past, I’ve had someone else with fish experience living at home full time to tend to the aquarium. This time around my cat/fish sitter with limited experience (her husband kept fish) will only be coming around once a day. Tank is 260 gallon FOWLR.
Just looking for tips/advice I can do to make their job as easy and streamlined as possible, as I likely won’t be in cell service the bulk of the time I am gone. Pretty sure I have all my bases covered, but figured I’d double check if I am missing anything.
All my lights are on timers.
ATO with 20gal reservoir, though it will have to be topped off as it only lasts about 5 days.
Heaters are on wifi controllers that send alerts to an app if it goes above/below a set threshold.
Skimmer needs to be emptied every 3-4 days, though I am contemplating unplugging it while I’m away as I don’t want to subject her to fish butter and eliminate and overflows/issues.
Won’t do water changes while away. (Last sitter I trusted with a WC accidentally did 2 with pure rodi)
Automatic feeder that won’t need to be refilled.
3x Wifi leak sensors placed around the tank and sump.
Wifi camera with a view of tank and sump.
I’ll have the frozen foods portioned out, ready to be thawed and used.
Pretty sure at this point all she’ll have to do is once a day put a sheet of sea veggies on the clip, 1-2 days frozen to the marine betta and 4-ish days feed the moray.
As mentioned, I think I have everything covered. What say you?
Just looking for tips/advice I can do to make their job as easy and streamlined as possible, as I likely won’t be in cell service the bulk of the time I am gone. Pretty sure I have all my bases covered, but figured I’d double check if I am missing anything.
All my lights are on timers.
ATO with 20gal reservoir, though it will have to be topped off as it only lasts about 5 days.
Heaters are on wifi controllers that send alerts to an app if it goes above/below a set threshold.
Skimmer needs to be emptied every 3-4 days, though I am contemplating unplugging it while I’m away as I don’t want to subject her to fish butter and eliminate and overflows/issues.
Won’t do water changes while away. (Last sitter I trusted with a WC accidentally did 2 with pure rodi)
Automatic feeder that won’t need to be refilled.
3x Wifi leak sensors placed around the tank and sump.
Wifi camera with a view of tank and sump.
I’ll have the frozen foods portioned out, ready to be thawed and used.
Pretty sure at this point all she’ll have to do is once a day put a sheet of sea veggies on the clip, 1-2 days frozen to the marine betta and 4-ish days feed the moray.
As mentioned, I think I have everything covered. What say you?
