sfsuphysics
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Ok I'm about to go visit the hawaiian islands in a couple weeks, and I'd like some helpful hints on how to get by with the bare minimum of human interventions for about 11 days or so, and I have two tanks.
I could split off a tee off my RO/DI unit with float switches for the fresh water top off, since both tanks will have the sumps run nearly dry after 11 days.
1 tank is primarily softies so calcium and alkalinity are not an issue there. However my stony tank it is an issue. My parents will be swinging by every 2-3 days to feed my fish, but would tossing in 3days worth of "daily dosing" stuff be too much of a wild fluctuation? Would I need to go with a dosing pump? I'd like to make something semi-automated anyways, but don't know much about dosing pumps in general or how to adjust their flow, etc (Dosing pump faq anyone? ).
Food can be fed every 3 days, sure they'll be mighty hungry, but probably can go without food too badly.
Skimmer? I don't really want to turn it off, guess I could dial it back to skim extremely dry, then I can go 11 days, but I don't want to have to subject my parents to the foul stench of the skimate emptying task if possible.
I'd appreciate some feedback, and quickly, since if I need to order anything I need to do it quickly.
Anything I'm possibly forgetting?
I could split off a tee off my RO/DI unit with float switches for the fresh water top off, since both tanks will have the sumps run nearly dry after 11 days.
1 tank is primarily softies so calcium and alkalinity are not an issue there. However my stony tank it is an issue. My parents will be swinging by every 2-3 days to feed my fish, but would tossing in 3days worth of "daily dosing" stuff be too much of a wild fluctuation? Would I need to go with a dosing pump? I'd like to make something semi-automated anyways, but don't know much about dosing pumps in general or how to adjust their flow, etc (Dosing pump faq anyone? ).
Food can be fed every 3 days, sure they'll be mighty hungry, but probably can go without food too badly.
Skimmer? I don't really want to turn it off, guess I could dial it back to skim extremely dry, then I can go 11 days, but I don't want to have to subject my parents to the foul stench of the skimate emptying task if possible.
I'd appreciate some feedback, and quickly, since if I need to order anything I need to do it quickly.
Anything I'm possibly forgetting?