Gone for a week. What to do?

[Green Puff Machine]

Okay in two weeks I will be going on a cruise to alaska and will be gone for about ten days. I already have someone coming in to feed it about everyday, but I think it's a lot to ask of someone to come to your house twice a day to turn a light on and off. Do you guys have any suggestions or can I just leave the light on? Please help.

[Pufferpunk]

I have all 9 of my tank lights on timers. Most folks overfeed other people's fish. Have their food divided up into small Dixie cups & have them come every other day.

[coldmachineUK]

I have my lights on timers too, and I do as PP recommends only I use those medicine tablet boxes which have days of the week on each compartment because you can put frozen food in them and then store them in the freezer

Edit: Oh, and enjoy the cruise! Alaska, sounds great (very envious )

[Pufferpunk]

Actually, I just use freeze-dried plankton for vacation food.

[Green Puff Machine]

About how much does a timer cost?

[bigfatfish]

Got my from local diy shop. Only about £3 for the basic ones - you don't need anything fancy.

[Pufferpunk]

I get mine from the hardware store.

[nickfino]

Hello!

I would like to ask if it is possible to leave 4 puffers (Colomesus asellus) on their own for a month, if automatic feeder and lighting are in place? If possible, what kind of food should be loaded?

Thank you!!

[LilGreenPuffer]

Well, first, you need to start your own topic. You would go to the Forum (under the Discussion tab) and pick out the subforum (category) your topic belongs in, click on it, and then click "NEWTOPIC" to make a new thread. It's considered polite to do it this way, rather than using another person's topic.

Second, no, you can't. You need to have someone doing weekly water changes, for one thing. There needs to be someone checking up on them periodically, really there does. There are too many things that could happen.