Vacation?

[roxywish05]

Were going out of town for the holiday weekend, and im worried about my new tank and all the fish surviving me being gone for 3 days. I purchased 'Tetra Weekend: Tropical Slow Release Feeder' feeds for up to 5 days it says. I wanted to see if there was anything else i needed to put into the tank while we are gone, and any suggestions with the light? Its normally on during the day and off at night, so should i leave it off while we are gone, or keep it on?

thanks in advance!

 

[waterdrop]

Fish actually are fine without food for quite a long time. If you don't have timers on your tank lights then I'd say just leave them off and leave some window curtains open.

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[helterskelter]

ditto

small fish can easily go 5-7 days and larger fish can got longer with no food.

just give then plenty of live food the day you go and the could last a couple of days as well.

 

[roxywish05]

timer! lol i never thought of that!!! this board is awesome! kk thanks guys! =]

 

[waterdrop]

Roxy, it would be interesting if you have any liquid test kits to write down your various readings before using the feeding block and then see what they are after you come back.

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[arobinson1984]

I wouldn't use the feeder block, it may affect your water stats. Most fish are fine for upto 14 days without food so 3 days wont be a problem and you'd come back to a nice clean tank due to no food for 3 days.

I'd just put your lights on a timer, do a large water change before you go and off ya pop.

Have a good one!

Andy

Edit, just a quick question after reading your signature, is it definately a clawed frog in your tank or a dwarf frog? I'd be worried if its a clawed frog as these grown quite big and will eventually find your fish make rather delicious snacks! Does it have webbing between its toes on its front feet? this is the way to determine between clawed and dwarf frogs. Dwarfs have webbing on front and back feet, clawed dont have webbing on front feet, only the back.

 

[OldMan47]

The solid feeder blocks are made of plaster. They will raise the water hardness somewhat and will also raise the water's KH. The gel type feeders don't do that but my experience with them has been poor at best.

 

[roxywish05]

Well we got home last night and everything was fine in the tank. It was a gel feeder and it looked like they didnt even touch it.

This morning though, i woke up to a dead frog, and also my balloon mollie was sucked to the water filter thing.
Its head was all brown and along the back/top if it. It looked like it had brain damage or something [but then my husband told me that he thinks fish brains are in their tails] so im not sure. If anyone know what this is/what happened to it i would be very appreciative to know.

i dont get it!!! every time i get my water tested, im told its fine. I took the feeder out though last night

I also, dont have a water test kit, i normally take it to my LFS, but i will be buying one offline this week.

 

[Sarah5098]

I havent the foggiest but if you repost your fish illness in tropical emergencies or just as a new thread i think you'll get more responce

 

[arobinson1984]

Its hard to say what might have happened without you knowing the water stats for yourself, I wouldnt rely on readings that your lfs give you.

Its possible the gel feeder may have affected your stats, I wouldn't personally use a feeder, I'd just let the fish go without food especially for such a short time.

Did you see my last post, asking what type of frog it was?? did it have webbing between its toes on its front feet?

Andy

 

[roxywish05]

Did you see my last post, asking what type of frog it was?? did it have webbing between its toes on its front feet?

Andy

sorry, i thought i replied to that, Yes it was for sure an albino clawed frog, it had webbing only on its back feet. I was told that i would be able to keep it in there for a few months and then have to put it into another tank when it started to grow bigger.

 

[arobinson1984]

Yes thats ok, as long as your lfs told you that it would need moving to a different tank. Alot of lfs mislabel the frogs and you can easily end up with the wrong sort that ends up getting large and eating fish

Andy