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    Default vacation and water changes

    I do 75 % water changes on all my mature/breeder tanks 3 times a week . 90 % every day on my fry and grow out tanks. how long (if at all) can I go if I go on vC

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    Default Re: vacation and water changes

    I don’t know about fry, but I was advised not to feed my discus while on vacation and I had no problems. I was gone about 10 days. Not sure about fry though. Anybody?
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    Default Re: vacation and water changes

    Your adults and juveniles no problem. Last feeding 24hr before you leave with one final water change.
    As far as the fry, I believe you will lose them

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    Default Re: vacation and water changes

    Interested in this thread as I’m leaving for 10 days too. Best of luck op!

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    I'm going to Australia for 3 weeks in May...I think I need a discus sitter...

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    Water quality stays high if there's no feeding. For fry, I use an automatic feeder. They don't get nearly as much food and obviously water quality will suffer.

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