kaiofcanada
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I am going on vacation at the end of the week for 4 nights. Just wondering what others do for short extended aways in feeding their fish.
I have had bad experiences both with using those weekend feeders and real people feeders .
I have three tanks that would need to be fed.
A 20 gal with very hungry angelfish, who apparently won't eat any weekend feeders EVER. I am considering using a tank clip and putting in a big wedge of zuchinni and seaweed for the long weekend.
I have a 12g with dwarf puffers and bumblebee gobies. This is my trouble tank for feeding. They will only eat live food or fresh frozen (baby brine shrimp, blood worms, beefheart) little servings at a time. I am not sure if they could go without food for 4 days. I have a heavy smail population in the tank, so they munch on those. But I have never tested these guys on vacation. I am worried about asking anyone else to feed them as they are messy eaters and I usually clean the tank a bit after every feeding. I also have to feed them little portions at a time since they like the chase of the food. If it sits on the bottom neither goby nor puffer will even bother eating it.
Lastly, I have a 3g with a hilarious betta in it. He is easiest to feed as he happily enjoys all of the other delicious foods they other fish get as well as flake food.
Any advice suggestions on what others do would be great. I have a couple people who could take care of my tanks. But I worry about overfeeding.
I have had bad experiences both with using those weekend feeders and real people feeders .
I have three tanks that would need to be fed.
A 20 gal with very hungry angelfish, who apparently won't eat any weekend feeders EVER. I am considering using a tank clip and putting in a big wedge of zuchinni and seaweed for the long weekend.
I have a 12g with dwarf puffers and bumblebee gobies. This is my trouble tank for feeding. They will only eat live food or fresh frozen (baby brine shrimp, blood worms, beefheart) little servings at a time. I am not sure if they could go without food for 4 days. I have a heavy smail population in the tank, so they munch on those. But I have never tested these guys on vacation. I am worried about asking anyone else to feed them as they are messy eaters and I usually clean the tank a bit after every feeding. I also have to feed them little portions at a time since they like the chase of the food. If it sits on the bottom neither goby nor puffer will even bother eating it.
Lastly, I have a 3g with a hilarious betta in it. He is easiest to feed as he happily enjoys all of the other delicious foods they other fish get as well as flake food.
Any advice suggestions on what others do would be great. I have a couple people who could take care of my tanks. But I worry about overfeeding.