2 holidays coming up: stores closing: is your tank ready?

Sk8r · 12/23/2010, 04:56 PM

Echoing this post here, just so's new folk think ahead:
DO NOT BE CAUGHT with stores closed!
Be sure you have enough salt in house to make up new salt water should anything go wrong. Be sure you have a mixing pump in case you have to do it fast. Be sure you have polystyrene buckets---or garbage bags you can use for liner in a pinch.
Check your tank chemistry now, and be sure you're spot-on: I really hate it when somebody posts they've had a problem, it's a holiday, and I have to tell them they need to do a huge water change ASAP or get something to qt. That's sad!

Don't be the one this happens to, please!

And if you're going out of town, write down a checklist and tick it off before you leave, to be sure you come back to a good situation. If you've asked someone to feed, it's a real good idea to have packets measured out, so they don't have to guess. And leave them a phone number!

Misled · 12/23/2010, 06:05 PM

And if you don't have an RO/DI and you buy water, go get some tomorrow.

Fishfish0001 · 12/23/2010, 06:30 PM

Yeah I have to get Salt water tomorrow. Might get 2 buckets of it just to be safe.

seesick · 12/29/2010, 11:55 PM

Thought I would to send this back to the front to help everyone out. As you know, the New Year is coming are you ready?

aleonn · 12/30/2010, 02:27 AM

Planning is the key, and will save a lot of headaches, especially around the holidays. Great reminders and tips!

12/23/2010, 04:56 PM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	2 holidays coming up: stores closing: is your tank ready? Echoing this post here, just so's new folk think ahead: DO NOT BE CAUGHT with stores closed! Be sure you have enough salt in house to make up new salt water should anything go wrong. Be sure you have a mixing pump in case you have to do it fast. Be sure you have polystyrene buckets---or garbage bags you can use for liner in a pinch. Check your tank chemistry now, and be sure you're spot-on: I really hate it when somebody posts they've had a problem, it's a holiday, and I have to tell them they need to do a huge water change ASAP or get something to qt. That's sad! Don't be the one this happens to, please! And if you're going out of town, write down a checklist and tick it off before you leave, to be sure you come back to a good situation. If you've asked someone to feed, it's a real good idea to have packets measured out, so they don't have to guess. And leave them a phone number! __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

12/23/2010, 06:05 PM	#2
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	And if you don't have an RO/DI and you buy water, go get some tomorrow. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

12/23/2010, 06:30 PM	#3
Fishfish0001 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 353	Yeah I have to get Salt water tomorrow. Might get 2 buckets of it just to be safe. __________________ 14 Gallon Biocube - 1 Maroon Clownfish, 1 Fireshrimp, 1 Pincushin Urchin, GSP, BTA Current Tank Info: 14 Gallon Biocube; 1 Maroon Clownfish, a few small corals, Fire Shrimp

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