Leaving For Vacation

IraaisKR

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So I'm going to mexico over xmas break for 3 weeks and i don't know what to do with my fish! I have 1 dwarf gourami, 4 neon tetras-I''m gonna get two more, i was waiting bc i had an ich breakout probably 3 weeks ago I'm gonna get the other 2 when i get back- and 2 otos. My tank is a 10 gallon, with a Marineland Penguin 100a or b? And i have one anubiia nana and one marimo ball, my water parameters are fine and i do pwc every 3 days i like to keep my tank clean. What should i do with the lighning and the heater? I live in MI and we are getting some snow, obviously we are not gonna leave the heat on for three weeks without using it and I'm a little worried so any advice? I can probably get a friend to come over and feed the fish or i can just buy an automatic feeder but I'm worried about their water! What if i just leave them like that without any food and probably some zuchini?
Help:( I'm leaving the 20th and I get back january 8th
 
could you pick up an aquarium heater? that will sort out the heat problems (thermostatically controlled ones)
i would get a friend to come to feed them to be honest the automatic feeders (iv heard) can break easily and pollute the water, also the feeding blocks can (or so iv heard)

if you get a friend to come over could they change the water once in that time?. if they cant then the fish might be ok. the filter should be able to cope with the bio load. (might be an idea to stick some fast growing plants in to suck up some nitrates)

lights are simple to solve. a 24 hour timer (you should be able to get one faily cheap) (there £3 over here) set the lights to come on for about 8 hours a day.

personally when i first started i went about 3 months (after cycle) without doing a water change, i dont think i lost any fish due to it. but the fish should survive
 

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