Leaving fish for two weeks
Jamie and Tabitha
are going out of town and will be gone for 2 weeks. Is there any way need to
get an automatic fish feeder for these tanks, or can fish survive without
food for 2 weeks? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Tabitha
Roeland Grommen
Leaving fish for two weeks without feeding will not cause any big problems
if they are in a well fed condition before you leave. Don't put a lot of
food in the tank the day before you leave, give them just their normal
portion of food. Most fish will find some sources of food in the aquarium,
albeit not enough to leave them without food for months offcourse.
Roeland (don't mind the spelling mistakes)
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Patrick Timlin
> We have 2 tanks, a 55G with Angels and Sharks and a 10G with Goldfish.
> survive without food for 2 weeks?
I have left my tanks for up to two weeks without feeding on several
occations. In every case, everything went very well and all the fish were
healthy when I got back. One tank's water even looked better than it ever
had before (perfectly clear).
My suggestion is to feed every day up until you leave. Normal amounts.
Then two days before you leave, be sure to do all your normal aquarium
chores; check the filters, change some water, vac the gravel, and that
sort of thing. I suggest two days before as that will give you a day to
make sure all is well 24 hrs after the cleaning. You probably won't have
time on the day you leave to do anything if something is wrong, so make
sure you give yourself that extra day.
With the goldfish tank, depending on how big they are, you might want to
try changing a single gallon everyday up until you leave. This way you
will be sure they have very good water since goldfish are a little more
polluting than tropicals. you could do the same for the Angel tank if you
wanted, but as long as the tank is not overcrowded, then a normal 20%
water change a couple days before you leave should be fine.
BTW, it is often safer to leave your fish unattended for long periods
than to trust non-hobbyists with feeding your fish when you are gone.
Almost always they over do it, pollute the tank, and possibly end up
killing some or all of your fish.
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> We have 2 tanks, a 55G with Angels and Sharks and a 10G with Goldfish. We
> are going out of town and will be gone for 2 weeks. Is there any way need to
> get an automatic fish feeder for these tanks, or can fish survive without
> food for 2 weeks? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> Tabitha
You should be fine for only leaving for two weeks. Keep them fed well up to the
time you leave and make sure they are healthy....................no problems
Jason
David Kuhajda
partial water changes every day for about a week to ensure really low pollutant
levels in the water.
If you are worried about them getting any food at all. Buy some anachris and
other soft leaved plant and put some in the tank, but if you do not want snails,
make sure you clean the plants off first.
David
Kudzu
> than to trust non-hobbyists with feeding your fish when you are gone.
> Almost always they over do it, pollute the tank, and possibly end up
> killing some or all of your fish.
OH YES!!! I came home from a week to find my tanks overgrown with algae and
looking horrible. Sitter must have grossly overfed!
Not to mention fleas from the dog the house sitter was going to keep
outside!!