drmunroe Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm going away for 5 days, back for 1 night, then away again for almost 2 weeks over the christmas/NY period. I have a 5ft tank with large snake skin gourami & angels. Also there's a few neons & some juvie flying foxes... My concern is keeping them healthy while I'm away. I do have quite a bit of java moss in the tank & (can't remember the name) long "grassy" plants. There is plenty of beard algae for the foxes & I'm thinking the gourami & angels can feed on the moss & grass? A friend said there are tablets you can buy that puts nutrients in the water while you're away which helps the fish? Or I was thinking of buying some small feeder fish? I did want to maybe stay away from this option as I don't want to encourage the larger fish to eat smaller ones as I want more neons & cardinals & the neons keep getting eaten... I do have flatmates but I don't trust they will feed them properly. Any suggestions would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleggy Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 What about an Automatic Fish Feeder. I recently bought a Resun one of eBay for $20. Worked great for the week away, feeding 3 x Day. Now it feeds them all the time. Can program up to 4 times a day and can feed up to 99 days depending on feeding amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 What about an Automatic Fish Feeder. I recently bought a Resun one of eBay for $20. Worked great for the week away, feeding 3 x Day. Now it feeds them all the time. Can program up to 4 times a day and can feed up to 99 days depending on feeding amount. I agree, I have 5 of them which keep my main tank fish healthy while I'm away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 auto feeders are great if you have a couple tanks, but what if you have 20+ tanks, lol, i'm going to have the same trouble, but in feb, we are going up nth to visit my family, might have to look into a few auto feeders for the main tanks, i've used the tablets a few years ago, i'm guessing they do work, but not sure how good, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_Shorty Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I agree, I have 5 of them which keep my main tank fish healthy while I'm away. Agree with that. There are plenty on the market. Bought mine from AOA. Simply to program & use. No loss of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 auto feeders are great if you have a couple tanks, but what if you have 20+ tanks, lol, i'm going to have the same trouble, but in feb, we are going up nth to visit my family, might have to look into a few auto feeders for the main tanks, i've used the tablets a few years ago, i'm guessing they do work, but not sure how good, Yes it can be a problem when you have lot of tanks but you can buy some basic one off ebay cheap that way you can afford to buy 20+ of them:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 If you don't want to buy too many auto feeder but you have lots of tank then you can ask someone like friends, family members or neigbours someone that you can trust to swap/remove the auto feeding to others tank for you every 2-4 days that way all tanks have a feed if you away for more than 2-3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yes it can be a problem when you have lot of tanks but you can buy some basic one off ebay cheap that way you can afford to buy 20+ of them:) that might be a good idea, i've got time to buy a couple different ones and test them, then work out the best one and buy a few, i normally would look at the friends / family option, but had a couple bad results from doing it that way, i'd rather not have them fed then killed by over feeding, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Having a fish that hasn't eaten for over 18 weeks now, I could say, "don't bother". I've left mine hungry for 3 weeks with no ill effects, unless they're fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trk18 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Same problem I'm facing lol got a mate feeding my fish/ fry every second day hope it's enough for the fry but still gotta have a Time out , think he only agreed cause of the fish that will only eat feeders lol guess it never gets old for some people watching bass and alike smash feeders. But I will be using some auto feeders in the house so he doesent have to feed all just the breeders. Fingers crossed all is well when I get back !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Having a fish that hasn't eaten for over 18 weeks now, I could say, "don't bother". I've left mine hungry for 3 weeks with no ill effects, unless they're fry. Lolol, what's the fish? And what do people do with fry, I have a tank full of month old cichlid fry, they need to be fed once a day or they go cannabalistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bidkev Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Lolol, what's the fish? A snook.........The lad can't bring himself to euthanize. Strangely enough, he's lost no weight and only seems a little thinner in the gut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 One of my jags is the same, Hasn't eaten since I got it, aint any thinner though. Shame though, what do you think causes it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gollys Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I would put the daily fish food allowance into small portions and wrap them in small foil parcels and get the flat mates to feed them. Or you could buy a Mon-Sunday pill box and put the portions in there that way they wont overfeed if you have premeasured it. You could even just ask them to feed every second day the amounts you portion out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlum Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Every time I go away ....having relied on my mother in law to feed my fish I come back to something dead;(. Last time was a tank full of crs. Time before that she turned off the heaters in my pond and I had Oscar iceblocks. Lol. Choose wisely.... Not like me. On the brighter side I got to buy lots more shrimp and fish. Yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Better of just staving them you should worry more about water quality while your away imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1silvia Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 over 5 days i would have one "meal" for each tank in a different container on the tank it is ment for, and have someone drop it in at the 2.5 day mark. They will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmunroe Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Better of just staving them you should worry more about water quality while your away imo I have great filtration & have just done a water change so water quality will not be an issue. Thanx everyone for your suggestions - I like the pill-box idea mite do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
