5 day vacation, should I take the fish?
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Decided to leave the fish home.
Everything went fine on vacation and at home in aqua-land. Seems that even with grouping of fish, the auto feeders and the food blocks, I only lost a couple of the one month old yellow labs. ---but I do not think it was from lack of food.
Only one change of plans if I had to do this again: It has been getting so hot, especially with most of the windows shut for vacation (It could easily reach +86F!) that, I put a small fan over the sump on my 125g. I think that with one more day the water would have evaporated so much that the pump would have run dry!
Next vacation, a family member or neighbor will be able to check on the fish for me.
Sometimes it is easier to have kids than fish.
Thank you for all of your reassurance and advice.
Mark )'>
Everything went fine on vacation and at home in aqua-land. Seems that even with grouping of fish, the auto feeders and the food blocks, I only lost a couple of the one month old yellow labs. ---but I do not think it was from lack of food.
Only one change of plans if I had to do this again: It has been getting so hot, especially with most of the windows shut for vacation (It could easily reach +86F!) that, I put a small fan over the sump on my 125g. I think that with one more day the water would have evaporated so much that the pump would have run dry!
Next vacation, a family member or neighbor will be able to check on the fish for me.
Sometimes it is easier to have kids than fish.
Thank you for all of your reassurance and advice.
Mark )'>
I'm glad everything went great while you were gone. I have a warning for those who have a "neighbor" come in! Even with PRE-MEASURED servings, some of these people totally over estimate the amount of food a fish needs! Make sure to tell them to feed sparingly.
I also had a backup person (I was gone 2 weeks), but somehow the two feeders for my birds and fish got their wires crossed. My bird feeder looked like she hadn't come in 2 days when I got home, and my fish feeder and bird feeder both fed too much food to the fish - waaay too much. My instructions even said it's better to miss a day of feeding than feed too much.
After an exhausting trip, doing two 80% water changes immediately upon arrival is NOT fun. Blocks may not be the answer to some, but if I ever go again, I'm using an automatic feeder and/or block and just have someone come check to see the equipment is safe and running only. Fish are more likely to survive a lack of food than what these guys did.
I also had a backup person (I was gone 2 weeks), but somehow the two feeders for my birds and fish got their wires crossed. My bird feeder looked like she hadn't come in 2 days when I got home, and my fish feeder and bird feeder both fed too much food to the fish - waaay too much. My instructions even said it's better to miss a day of feeding than feed too much.
After an exhausting trip, doing two 80% water changes immediately upon arrival is NOT fun. Blocks may not be the answer to some, but if I ever go again, I'm using an automatic feeder and/or block and just have someone come check to see the equipment is safe and running only. Fish are more likely to survive a lack of food than what these guys did.
