Headed to Michigan
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thomas712
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Long drive for you guys, hope your father in law is alright and recovers well. Good luck finding someone to care for the tank. No doubt you will suffer from withdrawls as well. What part of michigan?
Thomas
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mightyoxjuice
Member
leave complete day by day instructions
have all top off water ready to go
make up food packs and put dates and morning/evening when they should be fed
Basically make it idiot proof
have all top off water ready to go
make up food packs and put dates and morning/evening when they should be fed
Basically make it idiot proof
cyslyde
Member
sorry to hear about your accident. are you going to take the ferry across?
go get timers and automatic feeders, for the general stuff, do what mighty said, make it so they have to do as little as possible, and have them come over a day before you leave if you can so that you may show them step by step what you want them to do.
go get timers and automatic feeders, for the general stuff, do what mighty said, make it so they have to do as little as possible, and have them come over a day before you leave if you can so that you may show them step by step what you want them to do.
overanalyzer
Active Member
what I did when we left town was put every day's worth of food into a snack baggie and then put them all in one big ziploc and put it in the freezer. I then hid all the other food.
I put the top off in 1 gallon water jugs and wrote right on the jugs what to do and when to do it .....
then I had the kid watching my nano come over to the house and read everythign and then do the first day worth of feeding, etc. while I was there.
You might also try to line up a local reefer to serve as a point of contact for your fill-in care-taker person!
Best of luck on the drive and to your father-in-law
I put the top off in 1 gallon water jugs and wrote right on the jugs what to do and when to do it .....
then I had the kid watching my nano come over to the house and read everythign and then do the first day worth of feeding, etc. while I was there.
You might also try to line up a local reefer to serve as a point of contact for your fill-in care-taker person!
Best of luck on the drive and to your father-in-law
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thomas712
Guest
Reefnut - Sagiaw is only 25 minutes away. If work permits Lunch?
birdsall12@NOSPAMchartermi.net Take out NOSPAM
If you would like
give me an itinerary.
Thomas
birdsall12@NOSPAMchartermi.net Take out NOSPAM
If you would like
give me an itinerary.Thomas
reefnut
Active Member
overanalyzer, that's a good plan... thanks
Cyslyde, thank you. Prayers are alwasys welcome
Thomas, small world!! if everything works out lunch would be nice. We can swap war stories. I'll shoot you a email when I know what we are doing. Not to make light of the situation but is there any good window shopping to be had in Saginaw?
... thanksCyslyde, thank you. Prayers are alwasys welcome
Thomas, small world!! if everything works out lunch would be nice. We can swap war stories
. I'll shoot you a email when I know what we are doing. Not to make light of the situation but is there any good window shopping to be had in Saginaw?
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daniel411
Guest
Many prayers and best wishes for your father-in-law, wife, family, and you.
smarls
Member
Sorry to hear about yhe accident....today hospitals are amazing though...so I hope ebverything works out well for your wife's dad.
When I leave for any period of time over a day, I unplug my skimmer etc so that there is not water coming in, or going out of the tank. My set-up is very simple though, so I don't know if this would work for you. I do it because my tank is fine with the power heads for a week without any skimming, and then this way, I do not have to stress about overflows etc. Lights are on timers, and if i feed the fish well before I go, then in a week period, someone would only have to feed them once, and add top off water....and most people can handle that!
Again, I hope all goes well.
Stewart
When I leave for any period of time over a day, I unplug my skimmer etc so that there is not water coming in, or going out of the tank. My set-up is very simple though, so I don't know if this would work for you. I do it because my tank is fine with the power heads for a week without any skimming, and then this way, I do not have to stress about overflows etc. Lights are on timers, and if i feed the fish well before I go, then in a week period, someone would only have to feed them once, and add top off water....and most people can handle that!
Again, I hope all goes well.
Stewart
reefnut
Active Member
Thanks Cyslyde, I don't have near as much on my mind as the wife does.
smarls thanks, my biggest concern was the evap rate. The last time I went out of town the top off pump quiet and my wife had to manually fill it.
Sounding more and more like she will be flying unless he doesn't make it. Running a 50/50 chance right now. I'm still getting the plan on the tank ready just in case.
smarls thanks, my biggest concern was the evap rate. The last time I went out of town the top off pump quiet and my wife had to manually fill it.
Sounding more and more like she will be flying unless he doesn't make it. Running a 50/50 chance right now. I'm still getting the plan on the tank ready just in case.
barnaclegirl
Member
sorry to hear about the accident, if you decide to make to drive watch for heavy constuction on I-69 east of Lansing to Flint and on I-75 north from Flint to Clio. It is a real bear to be in. Thoughts will be with you.
