You heard it right...I’m leaving my tank virtually unattended for 3 months. I am currently 2 weeks into the 3 month hiatus. I’ve already left the tank for a stint of 10 days in the past without issue. Since then, dosing has been dialed in along with most everything else and the feeding has been left to an auto-feeder. I set up a 32 gallon brute container to increase the auto-top off reservoir to last a little over a month and a week. I have a cloud cam to check in on things as well as a Seneye Reef Monitor.
I say “virtually unattended” because I have nobody doing regular checks on the tank, but I have somebody who knows nothing about reef keeping who I can call if I check in on my cloud cam and there is water all over the floor or some catastrophe happens that can go tell me what’s going on should I need them, but that person will not be called for any weekly check ins or in any other case. I may fly in at the one month mark to re-fill my r/o reservoir or I may have him do it as the water is already made and ready to be poured, but other than that, the tank is on it’s own. Hoping by not messing with it for this long stretch I’ll see some good growth from everything. I know this is a big risk, but it has to be done, so we’ll see how things go.
Has anyone else left their tank virtually unattended for this long of a stretch? What was your experience?
I say “virtually unattended” because I have nobody doing regular checks on the tank, but I have somebody who knows nothing about reef keeping who I can call if I check in on my cloud cam and there is water all over the floor or some catastrophe happens that can go tell me what’s going on should I need them, but that person will not be called for any weekly check ins or in any other case. I may fly in at the one month mark to re-fill my r/o reservoir or I may have him do it as the water is already made and ready to be poured, but other than that, the tank is on it’s own. Hoping by not messing with it for this long stretch I’ll see some good growth from everything. I know this is a big risk, but it has to be done, so we’ll see how things go.
Has anyone else left their tank virtually unattended for this long of a stretch? What was your experience?