fastfly48
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello all.
I'm going on a summer holiday soon for about 2 weeks (or perhaps alittle less) and thus need to get my tank organised for something different.
I was hoping that by posting what I'm doing...you can see what I'm not doing and should be doing! ok....
Firstly this is my tank...
20g planted community tank. (7 neons, 2 corys, 3 danios 1 dwarf ram)
2 watts of light. otb filter. C02 presurized injection.
The first things I thought of was my light. But That was fixed quickly with a simple timmer. It's on now and is turning on and off at the right times. Thoses are ON at 8am and OFF at 6pm. 10hrs a day. I firgure that's perfect. Is that safe?...Or should it be different? I have 2 watts per gallon.
Next was feeding. My big sis is still home so she can do that. But I think I'll try and keep feeding as mininal as possible to decrease an accident. How long can thoses fish go without food? 5 days was it? I don't want to buy an automatic feeder, too messy. What would you do?
Then there was the C02. Now this is a bit trickier becasue I'm still trying to get the bubble rate just right so that I can leave it on 24/7. Would it be a good idea just to leave it off for a few weeks? Or would that really hurt the plants? I was hoping that the otb filter would provide enough water agitation during the night to stop C02 from building up too much...
Thoughts?
Also, Before I go I'll do a big water change. Perhaps 60%. Is this a good idea? I guess so.
Well, that's about it. What have I missed?
Hope you all can help!
Many thanks in advance.
Ryland.
I'm going on a summer holiday soon for about 2 weeks (or perhaps alittle less) and thus need to get my tank organised for something different.
I was hoping that by posting what I'm doing...you can see what I'm not doing and should be doing! ok....
Firstly this is my tank...
20g planted community tank. (7 neons, 2 corys, 3 danios 1 dwarf ram)
2 watts of light. otb filter. C02 presurized injection.
The first things I thought of was my light. But That was fixed quickly with a simple timmer. It's on now and is turning on and off at the right times. Thoses are ON at 8am and OFF at 6pm. 10hrs a day. I firgure that's perfect. Is that safe?...Or should it be different? I have 2 watts per gallon.
Next was feeding. My big sis is still home so she can do that. But I think I'll try and keep feeding as mininal as possible to decrease an accident. How long can thoses fish go without food? 5 days was it? I don't want to buy an automatic feeder, too messy. What would you do?
Then there was the C02. Now this is a bit trickier becasue I'm still trying to get the bubble rate just right so that I can leave it on 24/7. Would it be a good idea just to leave it off for a few weeks? Or would that really hurt the plants? I was hoping that the otb filter would provide enough water agitation during the night to stop C02 from building up too much...
Thoughts?
Also, Before I go I'll do a big water change. Perhaps 60%. Is this a good idea? I guess so.
Well, that's about it. What have I missed?
Hope you all can help!
Many thanks in advance.
Ryland.