I've got to go away this weekend from friday to sunday night.
Last time i went away it didn't go well for my boy Doug. I am in the middle of a cycle so I was worried about leaving the water. When i came back they'd somehow screwed with the filter so it had come apart (its a sponge filter) so his water wasnt filtering, he was overfed, had bitten his tail in distress/boredom and it just was completely messed up.
THIS time I'm still cycling but very hesitant to let anyone near him. Could i just do a big water change (say, 50%?), feed him a little extra tonight and tomorrow morning (i would leave tomorrow say, 9am) and leave him for the weekend? I'm worried about ammonia build up and not being fed plus boredom, but do you think its safer to leave him instead of having someone mess with the tank?
Last time i went away it didn't go well for my boy Doug. I am in the middle of a cycle so I was worried about leaving the water. When i came back they'd somehow screwed with the filter so it had come apart (its a sponge filter) so his water wasnt filtering, he was overfed, had bitten his tail in distress/boredom and it just was completely messed up.
THIS time I'm still cycling but very hesitant to let anyone near him. Could i just do a big water change (say, 50%?), feed him a little extra tonight and tomorrow morning (i would leave tomorrow say, 9am) and leave him for the weekend? I'm worried about ammonia build up and not being fed plus boredom, but do you think its safer to leave him instead of having someone mess with the tank?