Holidays

[max]

Our holidays next month will see us away for 4 weeks.
Currently my pump is running 24/7 with daily filter cleaning & the 20+ fish
also feeding daily.
Will the pond & more importantly the fish survive this period of neglect ?
Should I leave the pump running or not ?
Should I get a friend to feed the fish or will they be ok ?
Help !!
max (U.K.)

[K30a]

max >>Should I get a friend to feed the fish or will they be ok ?<<

Fish will be fine with a feeding every couple of days especially if your pond
is mature.
What you don't want to happen is something going wonky and your pump turning
off or something get knocked and the pond draining, killing fish and the pump.
Are you cleaning screens or skimmer daily?
That daily cleaning statement has me concerned, what would happen if it wasn't
cleaned for 30 days?

I have a 16 year old boy watch my pond for me when I'm gone, with a few
instructions and a number to call if something goes wrong.



k30a

[Iain Miller]

"max" > wrote in message
...
> Our holidays next month will see us away for 4 weeks.
> Currently my pump is running 24/7 with daily filter cleaning & the 20+
fish
> also feeding daily.
> Will the pond & more importantly the fish survive this period of neglect ?
> Should I leave the pump running or not ?
> Should I get a friend to feed the fish or will they be ok ?
> Help !!

If your filter really needs to be cleaned every day then I would take a big
step back & consider the design of your filtration.There is no way you
should have to put in that much maintenance. EIther your pond is madly
overstocked or your filter is badly undersized - either way you do not
really have an established "eco-system" if you can't leave it for 4 weeks!

Also you'll be surprised at how long your fish can go without being fed.
They'll scavenge for food & eat bugs etc quite happily. There are some folks
who never feed the fish in their ponds....

I.

[joe]

max wrote:

> Our holidays next month will see us away for 4 weeks.
Must be nice!

> Currently my pump is running 24/7 with daily filter cleaning & the 20+ fish
> also feeding daily.
> Will the pond & more importantly the fish survive this period of neglect ?
> Should I leave the pump running or not ?
> Should I get a friend to feed the fish or will they be ok ?
> Help !!
> max (U.K.)
I would leave the pump on and have someone at least check the set up
everyday. How big is your pond? You may not have to feed everyday (or clean
the filters)

I always just like the security in knowing someone I showed how everything
works will check to make sure my auto fill valve isn't stuck to on!

Joe



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