Sydney was fun...it is a very vibrant city with wind swept surfing beaches, a beautiful harbour and Sydney Opera House providing the backdrop for casual dining and wining. Last month I was preparing to leave my ranchus to nature's calling and head down to Australia for a week holiday. It was a planned seven days hiautus with the family leaving no one at home to tend to my fishes. Seven days with no water change for my fishes put me in a dilemma...I must have in place a system where I need not change water for seven days and meanwhile the younger fishes must be fed daily. Feeding is a must for the younger fishes as they are still at that critical stage of their growth, but feeding will foul the water with all the waste the fishes produce.
The only solution was green water, but I have not keep green for seven days without changing the water and the dark green of the green water on the sixth or seventh day could cause much damage like oxygen burn or even death. I experimented and managed to gauged the green hue over seven days and calibrated the lighting and feeding so that the water will remain lighter green for a longer period and when the green intensify, it will not be too green to cause oxygen burnt, I been back for 3 weeks now and all my fishes recovered from the ordeal. I had some redness on the older fishes, but overall the green water have helped maintain my fishes for seven days...without any casualty.
Some updates on this year fishes....
