Phillydubs
06-16-2016, 03:30 PM
So, I suppose I am posting this for either reassurance or just for general feedback and opinions...
Lately, my life has been hectic, I know, everyone is! Just these last 6-8 weeks have been nuts. Long story short, my wife had fallen ill and was hospitalized, I have 2 young children, I run a business and things have just been non-stop one thing after the next. Being the crazy fish guy I am and we all are, of course, even through trauma, I still stress over my fish and tanks and always strive for the best conditions for my fish. There were a many 2 am water changes or 5 am before the guys came in for work to try and keep up...
What seems to have been occurring lately, well the last few weeks, with these Monday holidays, a few pre-planned trips we had that ran fri-mon or whatever the case may be, I find I have been on "mini vaca's" so, so have my fish... Often, since my fish are in my office, they get a big WC Friday and they are left alone all weekend no feedings no nothing, thankfully this has worked and all has been fine. Granted I have big adult discus...
For Instance, this week, Monday, the fish were fed their regular feedings big WC, Tuesday fed regular, no WC, yesterday fed regular big WC...Today I had to be in court for work and just got back about an hour ago, I had my dispatcher call out sick already for tomorrow which means I'll be in at 6, my son has a bday party at 6, which means I need to be home by at least 5 to get the family to that... Point being is that I get to these points where I did a big WC and now I fight the decision, do I feed them and try and sneak in a 50% change tomorrow or do I just leave them for the next 3-4 days in clean water? Usually I decide to just leave them in clean water without food. I always fear that if something comes up tomorrow and I can't get to a WC then I am scrambling over the weekend to get back to my office or stressing that I fed them and about water quality.
So, after all the rambling... Does anyone see a problem with this or take issue with it or foresee problems occurring due to this? I am in no way saying this is my norm or I plan to stick to this routine or make it a regular thing. However, I know with summer here on our doorstep, these occurrences will pop their head up...
Thanks in advance to all who chime in!
Lately, my life has been hectic, I know, everyone is! Just these last 6-8 weeks have been nuts. Long story short, my wife had fallen ill and was hospitalized, I have 2 young children, I run a business and things have just been non-stop one thing after the next. Being the crazy fish guy I am and we all are, of course, even through trauma, I still stress over my fish and tanks and always strive for the best conditions for my fish. There were a many 2 am water changes or 5 am before the guys came in for work to try and keep up...
What seems to have been occurring lately, well the last few weeks, with these Monday holidays, a few pre-planned trips we had that ran fri-mon or whatever the case may be, I find I have been on "mini vaca's" so, so have my fish... Often, since my fish are in my office, they get a big WC Friday and they are left alone all weekend no feedings no nothing, thankfully this has worked and all has been fine. Granted I have big adult discus...
For Instance, this week, Monday, the fish were fed their regular feedings big WC, Tuesday fed regular, no WC, yesterday fed regular big WC...Today I had to be in court for work and just got back about an hour ago, I had my dispatcher call out sick already for tomorrow which means I'll be in at 6, my son has a bday party at 6, which means I need to be home by at least 5 to get the family to that... Point being is that I get to these points where I did a big WC and now I fight the decision, do I feed them and try and sneak in a 50% change tomorrow or do I just leave them for the next 3-4 days in clean water? Usually I decide to just leave them in clean water without food. I always fear that if something comes up tomorrow and I can't get to a WC then I am scrambling over the weekend to get back to my office or stressing that I fed them and about water quality.
So, after all the rambling... Does anyone see a problem with this or take issue with it or foresee problems occurring due to this? I am in no way saying this is my norm or I plan to stick to this routine or make it a regular thing. However, I know with summer here on our doorstep, these occurrences will pop their head up...
Thanks in advance to all who chime in!