DiscusLover Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Hello everyone, I was going to leave for vacation for about a month and I was wondering what are some tricks and tips to keep my tanks running and well when I am gone, I have no one to watch my tanks, anything is appreciated! Edited March 20 by DiscusLover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) You'll be gone for a month? How many tanks do you have and what type of fish? (I feel like you may have discus...) For that length of time I would look into a maintenance service Edited March 20 by Schuyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Buy an autofeeder and everthing will probably be fine. If its a small lidless tank most or all the water could evaporate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscusLover Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) On 3/19/2023 at 10:34 PM, Schuyler said: You'll be gone for a month? How many tanks do you have and what type of fish? (I feel like you may have discus...) For that length of time I would look into a maintenance service Haha, no discus, was going to get some again after my trip. I have about 4 tanks, 2 not really worried about because both are a no filter no waterchange heavily planted tank, other hand I have a 55 decently planted with large school of cardinal, rummy, 3 midnight rams, a angelfish pair, 2 sae, and a lot of kulhis and a saltwater tank but we like to stick in freshwater😄 On 3/19/2023 at 10:40 PM, Scapexghost said: Buy an autofeeder and everthing will probably be fine. If its a small lidless tank most or all the water could evaporate I have read conflicted stories about auto feeders, but I will keep an eye out for it. Edited March 20 by DiscusLover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2023 at 12:53 AM, DiscusLover said: Haha, no discus, was going to get some again after my trip. I have about 4 tanks, 2 not really worried about because both are a no filter no waterchange heavily planted tank, other hand I have a 55 decently planted with large school of cardinal, rummy, 3 midnight rams, a angelfish pair, 2 sae, and a lot of kulhis and a saltwater tank but we like to stick in freshwater😄 I have read conflicted stories about auto feeders, but I will keep an eye out for it. Aquarium co op makes an autofeeder. Autofeeders have their issues but the alternative is the fish not eating for a month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 If going to be gone for a month I would look into the autofeeder option, but at the same time you say three of four tanks are heavily planted, you may not have to worry about it, because if the fish load is small, there might be enough algae and bio life that can sustain the fish. If the tanks aren't covered, I would get covers on them to help keep down evaporation. I know even with lids, a couple of my tanks will evaporate quite a bit in a week. You'll especially want it for the saltwater tank, and if you don't have one already, get an auto top off set up for it. Otherwise you could come home to a tank with really high salinity if it has evaporated a lot of water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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