Vacation feeding for rams and very small dithers?

[Huckleberry77]

I am going away Thursday PM through late Sunday night in a few weeks. Can my Rams, neons, and endlers survive okay without food on Fri, Sat, Sun? Do I need to ask a friend to come over to feed them? Is there a live food I should put in there (scuds, blackworms, RCS culls, ghost shrimp?)? Or try an automatic feeder such as the fishmate? The tank is well planted, with ramshorn snails. Normally I feed very small crumbles to the neons and endlers, and slightly larger pellets for the rams.

 

[Demeter]

They’ll be fine without food for three days. They’d be fine for over a week really. Feed them a little more for a few days prior, do a water change and keep the lights off when you are away.

 

[StarGirl]

Oh yes they will be totally be fine for 3 days.

 

[veggieshark]

Leaving them alone for that duration is much better than trusting a friend with them. I would worry only if you have very young fry, which is unlikely in your case.

 

[dbaldwin]

Leaving them alone for that duration is much better than trusting a friend with them. I would worry only if you have very young fry, which is unlikely in your case.

YES, this! Friends, unless they are fish-people, do not get it. Guaranteed to overfeed… plus it’s only 3 days. Enjoy the getaway and don’t stress about the fish. They’ll just be extra happy to see you when you get back.

 

[Huckleberry77]

Leaving them alone for that duration is much better than trusting a friend with them. I would worry only if you have very young fry, which is unlikely in your case.

I have 2 month old praecox fry but I am checking with the rainbowfish people on those.

 

[86 ssinit]

All for 3 days will be fine. I’ve left mine for over a week no food or water change