Vacation Water Temp

[jwcarlson]

We're leaving for about a week in about ten days. Because of continued battling of a non-eater, my discus tank has been at 93 for a couple of weeks. My goal is to start lowering it tonight, I usually go down a degree every couple of days, which would put me down to about 88 or so when we leave.
I have someone coming to feed the cats, but am not having them feed the fish as I feel risk outweighs the reward. Even though "just put one worm cube in when you come to feed the cats once a day" seems really easy to me... I don't want to come back to a disaster.

I'd like to have the temp a bit lower to bring their metabolism down some. Does anyone have a certain temp they try to hit for extending fasting or in the absence of water changes? I think Stendker's pamphlet says to lower down to 82. Mine haven't been down below 85 since I received them. Is a degree every couple of days an OK rate? Could I go cooler, faster?

[jeep]

I keep all mine at 82 all the time unless dealing with an illness. Lowering the temp by 3-5 degrees per day should not hurt a healthy discus. Maybe go a bit slower for the non-eater?

[jwcarlson]

The non-eater went to go not eat in discus heaven as on today, so that problem resolved itself. I'll get them down to 82ish before we go. Thanks, Brian!

[jeep]

Sorry to hear that. I think you did all you could do...