How long is too long to let your tank be….alone?

[gbroadbridge]

I can't leave it more than one day if I don't have someone feeding my fish because they are too picky to eat pellets or flakes.

I used to think that, but believe me when they get hungry enough they eat anything

 

[AydenLincoln]

2-3 days without any automation and then I would stress/the fish would be very very very hungry. With automation I still wouldn’t go more than like a week without someone coming to check on it and replenish the ATO etc.

 

[kindafun]

7 days, no problem and little worry, and have done that before. Pretty much everything is automated and a camera overlooks the tank. Longer than that and it feels sketchy so I normally have someone come check.

One thing not automated is the mechanical filtration, filter socks. So I always remove them while gone.

 

[jtf74]

I used to think that, but believe me when they get hungry enough they eat anything

Idk it’s a copperband that I would have to work at getting to eat pellets

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

2 days if no one else is watching it. I have to clean out the filtration plus algae quickly accumulates in the overflow grates. And that's not even mentioning dosing + feeding