Unless it's a dire emergency they are not supposed to go into your apartment..if they need to access the unit they need to give you notice...they can't just let themselves in....like I said unless it's a dire emergency.
If needed maybe you could set up two tanks at work?? LOL I'll get you fired...maybe you could explain what's going on.....
I'm just saying because I was going to set up a tank at work so I bought the petsmart 2.5 gallon i think it was great choice..it was $13.00 and the footprint is small I could easily fit two tanks and run sponge filters with one pump. 12" wide 8"high and 6" wide