• Marine aquarium and vacation?

  • John

This topic has been ripe for a long time: I'll say right away that the circumstances forced me to conduct an "experiment". Due to the reasons described at the beginning of the above-mentioned topic, a vacation was a mandatory condition for setting up a marine aquarium, and any "buts" were categorically excluded (even the fact that the aquarium is in the process of maturing and requires close supervision). So I had to leave for 13 days and leave the aquarium under the supervision of: 1. Aqua controller 2. Son-in-law, who periodically topped up the water. As a result, upon returning after 13 days, I saw heavily overgrown glasses and even more overgrown macrophytes. Of the existing corals, the Sinularia grew up to 15 cm (by the cap), and the Xenia divided. No one died or was harmed. A big plus was that no one needed to be fed (although this issue is partially solved by installing an automatic feeder-dispenser of this type - which allows for precise dosing of liquid foods and trace elements, and a simple automatic feeder for dry foods, but this is a separate topic). Of course, for serious reefs with a mass of delicate corals, there are still many questions and difficulties, but I think the community can solve ALL the issues. I would like to hear what other difficulties may arise (we do not consider emergency situations, if the aquarium bursts, you left for work or on

Theresa5149

Off-topic. Are they screwed in next to each other?

Troy8808

No, but the first one did most of the work.

Noah1632

It's all nonsense. A properly left instruction for the son-in-law, dad, mom, mother-in-law, friend, etc. practically eliminates all fears about going on vacation. When I go on vacation, I only ask to top off the water and feed once a week. I usually feed myself every day. But to avoid having helpers add anything unnecessary, I ask them to do it once a week. As a result, the number of any macroalgae (I usually have unwanted elements) decreases during the vacation.

Zachary

I left the sea more than once, as I have minimal equipment in my system, so I didn't worry too much... Well, of course, I explained the feeding instructions (I bought portioned feed in cubes for the fish - it was all simple). I also easily explained the water - I drew a line in the sump where the level should be kept... I intentionally kept the water slightly unsalted, so that if anything happened, everything would be fine.

Phyllis

In my opinion, this is a disadvantage, not an advantage.

Lindsey3362

There have never been any problems until this year when the calcium reactor started going crazy. How can I explain where to adjust the bubbles/what should be written on the controller/and so on?