How to Prepare Your Saltwater Tank Before Vacation?
- Nov 15, 2021
- Anshika Mishra
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We have to get away from our tanks for a few days, or even weeks, from time to time. Every reefer than fin themselves in a position where they have to be away from their tank for an extended period of time will know that this can be truly frightening. Therefore, you should do everything you can to ensure that everything goes smoothly.
While you are away, make sure you have someone to look after the tank. But, what if you don't have anybody with any reef aquariums. For this reason, you want to make sure that everything is easily possible and everything is as easy as possible and take away as many variants as you can. However, some people will think that this is a disaster waiting to happen.
Automation is the key.
Getting away from your tank for a significant amount of time would be easier if you have got a lot of automation in your tank, making it pretty much run itself on its own.
So, whenever you are planning a vacation, start by checking the automation. Then, start cleaning all your equipment by testing the WiFi connection of your lights and turning off the power to ensure that the battery backup kicks in. We can't stress enough how important the battery backup is for your tank.
They are pretty much the same as an insurance policy you hate to buy, but when you need it, you would be glad you did. Even if your equipment is fine, it is best to check just in case.
Over Feeding
Next, set to work identifying any other potential issues while you were away. Know that the most likely thing to go wrong is for the person who is looking after the tank to overfeed your fishes and corals. Despite leaving strict instructions on what to feed, it is likely to happen. So, as soon as you return, start checking your water parameters. To prevent this from happening, you can set an auto feeder for the pellets.
Auto Top-Up
The second most likely issue would be a failure of your auto top-up. This is usually caused by being covered in precipitation. Therefore, bath it in vinegar, and it will be good as new. Keep track of your tank's precipitation and RO/DI water ready for the person taking care of your tank to refill the tank.
If needed, also change the DI resins and the filter in your RO unit. Finally, in order to make sure that the saltwater is mixed correctly, measure out all the salt into sandwich bags; this way, your caretaker will only need to fill one castle with water and then pour in one of the salt bags.
Always make sure that when you are mixing saltwater, you should add salt to the water and not water to the salt, as this could cause precipitation. Shake up the barrel, and the water is ready to use 24 hours later. Test yo water every day before a week you are leaving to fine-tune your dosing pump to make sure that it is perfectly in sync with the amount the corals are absorbing to grow.
Providing these containers with a refill, the dosing pump will take care of the rest. Also, tune your skimmer fine-tune to where it needs to be.
Emergency
Prepare a detailed list of instructions along with emergency numbers for local reefers and your local fish shops. Also, label everything and have an in-depth induction session with eh nervous tank sitters. This induction should include how to use the basic measuring equipment such as a salinity Pen. If you have extra cash, you can buy a monitor to know exactly what's going on with everything in real-time from the other side of the world.
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