What To Feed?!?!?!?!

[Chrs]

I'm going on a week long road trip in about a week to glacier national park with my family and i have a 20 gallon with guppies and cories and I dont have any one coming to my house to feed them. I know that theres week long disinegrating blocks but i have cories and im not sure if theyll eat of of a big block. I'm also conserned about the guppies because my guppies do not know when to stop eating. Will the blocks work? I'm 13 so i dont have the money to pay for an automatic feeder. I would get my friend/neighbor but he's not very responsible and we have a security alarm and my parents wont tell my other neighbor/friend because of the code and she comes from a partying family of teenagers and they feel ify about that. I've also noticed a tiny black dot in one of the female guppies bellies, about the size of the tip of a pen. Will it give birth in 3 weeks or does it take longer? Also, should i get a bolivian ram b4 or after the trip?

 

[glolite]

You don't need to feed anything for 1 week away, the fish will be fine. Do your usual water change preferably the day before you leave.

If the pregnant guppy gives birth while you are away there's not a lot you can do but the fry will probably be ok, especially if there's floating plants for them to hide in.

Don't use feeder blocks as they foul up the water and can kill your fish. Feed every other day the week before you leave and also the week after you get back then back to normal after that.

Have a lovely holiday!!

PS get the ram after you get back and don't forget to isolate it for 10 days before adding it to your existing tank. If it goes in with an infection you could lose all your other fish too.

 

[Chrs]

Perfect!!! So, just to make sure the fish don't need to be fed for a whole week.