 jdinchak wrote:
I use Bruce at Aquatic Tranquility for fish sitting. He makes sure everything is working, has any emergency supplies and it leaves me with a lot of confidence that a fish person is looking at it. Our pet sitter appreciates not working with fish. It wasn't too bad price wise. May want to look I to that.
If you still have them do it write everything down. Very detailed instructions. I would also show them the pumps and some spots to look for leaks. Also explain how important flow is and that the power heads are on. Then relax and enjoy your vacation. |
+1 on all of that
Also, make sure you do not have them turn off any pumps for feeding, so that they don't forget to turn them back on. I had my house-sitter do that one time, and if it weren't for my Vortech, I'm sure my tank would have died after a week of no flow. Lucky for me, they didn't remember how to turn the Vortech off, and although I had a lovely algae bloom and some very unhappy corals, I didn't lose anything.
Also, you may want to have a buddy from the forum come in maybe once a week just to double check that the tank is looking good. That way you can enjoy your vacation and not worry one bit about your tank (which of course doesn't usually happen for most of us).
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