cichlid-gal
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So, getting ready to go a bit of a longer vacation. Trying to put all our ducks in a row for taking care of the tanks. We do have a neighbor girl that will be coming in to take care of things while we are gone but she has no tank experience and our daughter, who also has no tank experience, will be her for part of the time.
For preparations we have done the following:
Any other suggestions or thoughts on things we might have forgotten.
For preparations we have done the following:
- Put all tank lights on timers (yeah...last time we left for just a couple of days, came back to some algae growth as daughter didn't turn off lights...geez)
We bought pill dispensers for putting the food into. Doing light daily feedings on some tanks and every other day feedings on other tanks. Think that will work.
Putting ferts into labeled cups for dosings on planted tank.
I have pulled ALL HOB's and cleaned the boxes, uptakes, and impellers. They needed it anyway.
Big tank water changes will be done 2 days before we leave and smaller tanks will be done day before we leave
Have shared top off procedures and quick power outage checklist. I can't think of anything else that someone without experience could handle.
Any other suggestions or thoughts on things we might have forgotten.