hyperdog882
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi all! I have an interesting potential issue and wanted to see if anyone had ideas.
I'm going to be moving and will not have room in the new place for my 75 gallon tank. However, I work at a vet clinic and we have a perfect spot in our lobby for it. My boss is thrilled at having it there so I'll still get to enjoy it. The issue is that it's a 24/7 clinic so the lights are always on in the lobby. The lights that I have for the tank are working great and already have a built in timer but I don't want it to develop crazy algae from having the extra lighting overnight. Has anyone dealt with a similar issue? Did it go OK- am I overthinling it (I do that!)?
I was brainstorming and wondered if I could rig up a curtain track around the rim so the fish could have the curtain pulled overnight and get a little.break. The issue with that is that I don't trust the overnight staff to pull it every day but I leave too early to pull it. Has anyone ever found/rigged up an automatic curtain puller? I've seen the ones for regular window curtains but they don't look like they'd be able to navigate the corners.
Any thoughts/ideas appreciated! And thanks for reading my novel if you made it this far!
I'm going to be moving and will not have room in the new place for my 75 gallon tank. However, I work at a vet clinic and we have a perfect spot in our lobby for it. My boss is thrilled at having it there so I'll still get to enjoy it. The issue is that it's a 24/7 clinic so the lights are always on in the lobby. The lights that I have for the tank are working great and already have a built in timer but I don't want it to develop crazy algae from having the extra lighting overnight. Has anyone dealt with a similar issue? Did it go OK- am I overthinling it (I do that!)?
I was brainstorming and wondered if I could rig up a curtain track around the rim so the fish could have the curtain pulled overnight and get a little.break. The issue with that is that I don't trust the overnight staff to pull it every day but I leave too early to pull it. Has anyone ever found/rigged up an automatic curtain puller? I've seen the ones for regular window curtains but they don't look like they'd be able to navigate the corners.
Any thoughts/ideas appreciated! And thanks for reading my novel if you made it this far!