Feeding Adults While On Vacation

[MoonstruckMuse]

I have a pair of topaz cichlids (Archocentrus septemfasciatus) swimming pretty in my tank right now, and I'd really like to keep it that way. However, I'm going down away for a full 7 days, and have no automatic fish feeder or anything like the sort. My professor who gave me them to observe said it'll probably be fine (they're both adults, at around 3.5-4"), but are there any other options? I've been feeding them some live and pellet/stick foods. What would you do, I guess?

 

[shroob]

They will be fine for 7 days, just do a water change before you go and one when you get back and it will all be hunky-dory.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

As shroob said, they will be fine for 7 days. There are automatic feeders on the market, but sometimes they dump too much food into the tank and pollute the water.

 

[Tolak]

They will be fine for 7 days, just do a water change before you go and one when you get back and it will all be hunky-dory.

This is the best thing to do. Auto feeders either underfeed or overfeed.