I am going out of the country and will be away from my tank for 23 days and was wondering if I need to worry about going that long without a pwc and how much i should decrease the hours of the light being on to reduce algae growth.
I usually do a 20% pwc every week and am worried that 23 days will be too stressful on my nearly fully stocked tank. My fish usually get fed twice a day but will only be fed once a day by my roommate while I'm gone to minimize the waste. He doesn't know anything about fish so I would be too worried trying to have him attempt a pwc. If I do a 50% pwc and change one of the two filters the day I leave will they be okay till I come back? Also what is the maximum amount of hours I can comfortably keep the tank light off for the time I'm gone? The details of my tank are below:
29 Gallon
5 Platy's
1 Adult Molly and 1 baby
1 Dwarf Gourami
4 Serpae Tetras
4 Emerald Cory Catfish
1 Oto
3 Ghost Shrimp
Thanks for the help!!!
I usually do a 20% pwc every week and am worried that 23 days will be too stressful on my nearly fully stocked tank. My fish usually get fed twice a day but will only be fed once a day by my roommate while I'm gone to minimize the waste. He doesn't know anything about fish so I would be too worried trying to have him attempt a pwc. If I do a 50% pwc and change one of the two filters the day I leave will they be okay till I come back? Also what is the maximum amount of hours I can comfortably keep the tank light off for the time I'm gone? The details of my tank are below:
29 Gallon
5 Platy's
1 Adult Molly and 1 baby
1 Dwarf Gourami
4 Serpae Tetras
4 Emerald Cory Catfish
1 Oto
3 Ghost Shrimp
Thanks for the help!!!