My mom lives in South Florida and needs to evacuate for Hurricane Irma, which is almost certain to hit where she lives at a category 4. I am in college in North Florida and she plans on driving up as soon as she can to stay with me. The problem? Our tanks!!!
We have a 10 gallon salt and a 5 gallon fresh. The salt has a yasha goby and various soft corals (mostly zoas and mushrooms). What do y'all suggest as our plan of action? Do we risk leaving the tank and the power going out? The light is on a timer so that's not a huge deal but that doesn't matter if the power goes out.
Our main concern is our goby, primarily because she is the only one that needs to be fed and we're not sure how long my mom will have to stay. My thought is that my mom could get her and a rock in a bucket and I could get a cheap tank here ready to put her in. But then we still risk losing our corals.
I know the most logical answer is to pack up the tank completely. The problem with that, though, is that my mom has shoulders and that would be not only physically taxing and painful, but also could lead to even more damage to her shoulders.
Do y'all have any suggestions or advise? Even after that, we still have our freshwater tank, but that doesn't have as much money invested in it nor the sentimental aspect that our saltwater tank does.
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We have a 10 gallon salt and a 5 gallon fresh. The salt has a yasha goby and various soft corals (mostly zoas and mushrooms). What do y'all suggest as our plan of action? Do we risk leaving the tank and the power going out? The light is on a timer so that's not a huge deal but that doesn't matter if the power goes out.
Our main concern is our goby, primarily because she is the only one that needs to be fed and we're not sure how long my mom will have to stay. My thought is that my mom could get her and a rock in a bucket and I could get a cheap tank here ready to put her in. But then we still risk losing our corals.
I know the most logical answer is to pack up the tank completely. The problem with that, though, is that my mom has shoulders and that would be not only physically taxing and painful, but also could lead to even more damage to her shoulders.
Do y'all have any suggestions or advise? Even after that, we still have our freshwater tank, but that doesn't have as much money invested in it nor the sentimental aspect that our saltwater tank does.
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