Holiday cover

[papa_c]

So the dilemma is, I have nobody near me that is reliable enough to provide me maintenance cover during my weeks holiday,

From reading the method of EI of dosing i think I am ok to put a weeks worth of ferts in the tank before leaving for the sunny sky.

And then water changing when I get back....is my presumption correct?

 

[Sacha]

I hope that's correct. Because that's exactly what I'm going to do tomorrow before I set off at 5 am on Thursday.

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

An autofeeder with some ferts in salt form would suffice.
Failing that, put a week and a halfs worth in

 

[X3NiTH]

I get back tomorrow to mine, a mate was feeding and topping up with RO every other day. I did a hands off two week test a few weeks beforehand with only feeding and topping off. I haven't had any texts to say it's turned into cesspit so I'm hoping it's okay. It would be nice to come home to healthy fish and a nice carpet of glosso (planted a few days before leaving), fingers crossed!

 

[Reuben]

Another good method is turn off the lights and co2. Then forget about feeding fish and plants for the week. Resume co2 and lighting on return and restart feeding. I have done this for two weeks in a row with no adverse effects at all.

 

[RichardJW]

40yrs of fish keeping experience has taught me the best regime for going on holiday is make sure everything is nicely settled and running smooth before you go away , trust no-one . The biggest disasters are when a helpful neighbour is left in charge whilst you're away . My neighbour looks after my pond whilst I'm away and is under instruction to feed them lightly weekly and same with my tropicals . I always come back to a pristine tank ( and pond ) of healthy , hungry fish !! Quick water change and business as usual re ferts etc .


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[papa_c]

thanks guys, so I've given a good WC and topped up the ferts, only a few fish in there, but the Kribs laid their eggs a little while ago and the fry are 4 days old, and swimming strong, fingers crossed all is well when I get back!