Your current Fish tank Setups!

Skidder said:
beautiful. I really want to set up a reef tank (have been out of the hobby a while but never scratched the itch) but I don't think it will ever happen as I travel a lot. What is the longest you are comfortable leaving the tank for?
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Good question. I think the longest I’ve left it for is 6-7 days. It would probably be fine for longer, but I start to worry about it. The auto feeder takes care of most and the fish/coral has been chosen to not be overly fussy, so the occasional missed dosing doesn’t seem to cause any issue. The ATO maintains the water and has a big reserve. Sudden temperature swings (cold nights, heat waves) are an issue being an upstairs room, if I can’t open/close windows/tank lid accordingly. Funny enough, it probably fares better when we aren’t there with a more consistent feeding regime and the lights mostly off in the room preventing any algae growth.

I’d put a camera on it for peace of mind if it wasn’t for our difficult WiFi setup in work.
 
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Think they longest I did was about a month. I was quite sick so couldn't do any water changes or dosing. Thankfully I had people who could feed the fish and top off the water.

That was a mature 400l tank, so was quite stable at the time.
That was 20 years ago with pretty basic gear. There's so much more gear out there now to automate things.
 
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