OceansX
Guest
This time of year we have holiday plans, free time, and time crunches to complete all we need to do.
"Don't do tank maintenance the day or a couple of days before leaving town" is advice Sanjay Joshi passes along at many of his talks. I try to follow this advice, but push this a bit by cleaning the skimmer, filling the ATO reservoir, etc.. I shouldn't really be doing that either. I've come back and seen my skimmer off.
This is advice I follow rigorously except yesterday. I did a water change after which my return would not power-up properly. Luckily there a small hardware store of parts in my garage left-over from years of reefing projects. I managed to quickly plumb in my mixing pump which will hold me over hopefully until I source a replacement.
I lucked out, but otherwise I'd need to cancel my plans while I chased down a return or deal with a lot of work upon returning.
Suggestion: try to schedule your maintenance at least 2 days before you leave, so you can make sure everything is good to go and deal with any unexpected issues.
"Don't do tank maintenance the day or a couple of days before leaving town" is advice Sanjay Joshi passes along at many of his talks. I try to follow this advice, but push this a bit by cleaning the skimmer, filling the ATO reservoir, etc.. I shouldn't really be doing that either. I've come back and seen my skimmer off.
This is advice I follow rigorously except yesterday. I did a water change after which my return would not power-up properly. Luckily there a small hardware store of parts in my garage left-over from years of reefing projects. I managed to quickly plumb in my mixing pump which will hold me over hopefully until I source a replacement.
I lucked out, but otherwise I'd need to cancel my plans while I chased down a return or deal with a lot of work upon returning.
Suggestion: try to schedule your maintenance at least 2 days before you leave, so you can make sure everything is good to go and deal with any unexpected issues.
