Planning 2 week vacation

[ninjamini]

I am planning to go away with the family for 2 weeks. I will have a cousin come to check up on my tank every other day. What should I do to prep my tank to the extended trip away.

Here is what I have planned.
Large tub of enough RO water for top offs feeding directly to the auto top off.
20 Gal of ready salt water in case of emergency.
Check and clean all plumbing and pumps.
Auto feeder to feed the fish.

everything is on a timer so it should all go on and turn off by itself. In fact all I am having him do is to check the system. His instructions will be to call me if there is an issue.

Anything I am missing?

I am also looking for emergency back up people. I am looking for an experienced reefer or two who I can call in case of emergency. Since his experience is limited with tanks...he has a beta, but he is also a boat captain.
If there is a real issue that he cant fix then I would like to have a club member to call in. It would only be in case of emergency.

 

[titus164]

when are you going away? I see a chance to repay you possibly...

 

[ninjamini]

I will only need a few people on call in case poop happens. I dont want my cuz to dump 5 gallons of ro into the tank.

 

[sufunk]

I'm in Davie and can help out as long as it isn't next week. After that, i could be on call to help ya out.

 

[ninjamini]

I appreciate it. Anyone who is willing to come over in case of emergency please just pm me your number.

 

[lpsluver]

Just a thought but how about a water change before you go? So the Cuz can start the tank sitting with a "renewed" tank.

 

[ninjamini]

Without question. I will also have more water sitting by just in case.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10365200#post10365200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lpsluver
Just a thought but how about a water change before you go? So the Cuz can start the tank sitting with a "renewed" tank.

 

[ReefWreak]

I wouldn't do that, because if something is wrong with the change water, then he won't be there to fix/correct it. ::shrug::

 

[lpsluver]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10365236#post10365236 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefWreak
I wouldn't do that, because if something is wrong with the change water, then he won't be there to fix/correct it. ::shrug::

Huh? What could go wrong?

 

[ninjamini]

Haha I was planning to do one 3 days b4 the trip. So that I can see that all is well.