Vacation for 2 weeks

[flossy]

I am going for a 2 week vacation and am wondering if my fish are fine without food. I do have a auto feeder but I do want to breed the cories and heard that lowering ideal conditions will cause the cories to go into survival mode.

[Little Guys]

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[AllFishNoBrakes]

What’s the max setting for time between feedings on the auto feeder? Even just a couple times while you’re gone, or one small feeding every 48 hours or something could provide a lot of peace of mind. 
 

As far as parameters go, the tank should be fine without maintenance for 2 weeks, assuming the tank is well seasoned and you have a healthy ecosystem going on. 

[Lennie]

2 weeks is just too long with no food

You should use the autofeeder.

 

I have bred different cory species and I always fed them everyday. Starving fish has nothing to do with it really. In fact food conditions the fish better. Live food or frozen food being even better at conditioning I believe

 

2 weeks is also long enough to be risky if noone will every watch the tanks randomly. What if the filter fails or something happens like power outs

 

I would ask someone to check the home at least once every 3 days myself

 

[Tlindsey]

On 5/25/2024 at 11:47 PM, AllFishNoBrakes said:

Even just a couple times while you’re gone, or one small feeding every 48 hours or something could provide a lot of peace of mind. 

I agree.