Ok. So so far everything looks good. Had a little increase in Phosphate but Nitrate still was very low. Did notice a little bit of algae on the glass (normally almost nothing) so got the skimmer running again and did a 20 gallon water change. So far so good and I am making 20 gallons more of salt water tonight and will change that out in the morning just to be sure. Changed filter socks and thinned out Chaeto. Will put feedings back to normal starting tomorrow so I can watch levels. Thank you for all the advice!
I had been doing more frequent to get ready but normally I turn off skimmer for 10-15 mins after and works out fine. Was not pulling much of anything when I left so not sure what color it is. Unfortunately I can't see the skim mate locker on the webcam but that will be fixed when I get home for next time.
Still in the Bahama's but will be back tomorrow afternoon to fix it
Great advice everyone. I have a few web cams that can see the tank and I have an apex as well so far so good. Nothing is showing signs of issues yet so hopefully it stays that way. I can turn off my reactor's if I needed but that could be even worse I would think.
So first day on vacation and out till Thursday and wouldn't you know it skimmer went nuts for some reason and wamo! Locker is full. Had to shut down the skimmer but everything else is good. I did extra water changes over the last few days about 17 gallons per day for 4 days so water quality is great. Should I be concerned and try to get someone to empty the locker or should it be ok with 5 days no skimmer? I currently use the AFS feeder by Neptune should I lower to 1 feeding vs. 2 feedings to lower the bio load? Any help would be great.