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02-16-2011, 03:34 PM #1
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Vacation - feeding question
Hey all, I will be out of town for a 3, maybe 4 days coming up and I am wondering about feeding while gone. I have a "slow release" feeder, which basically is a disk of flake food that the fish can pick at. I will drop that in the tank when I leave, but my concern is about my sailfin pleco. Will he also get into that feeder disk, or what other options do I have? I usually am feeding him algea tablets.
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3 red eye tetras
4 harlequin raspboras
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3 albino corys
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4 neon tetras
2 dwarf guramis
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02-16-2011, 03:40 PM #2
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Healthy fish can easily go three or four days without food. I have personally done that with my fish and experienced no problems. I haven't used a slow-release feeder, but I've heard bad things about them mucking up the tank. If it were me, I would just leave the fish without food while I was gone.
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02-16-2011, 04:35 PM #3
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If you chose to get a automatic feeder, I would suggest you test it while you are at home for a few days. You want to be 100% sure that thing won't dump a bunch of extra food in the tank and mess up your water
As brhino said, you should be OK for only 3 to 4 days if you don't feed the fish. I would not sretch it any longer than that tho.If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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02-16-2011, 04:46 PM #4
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Fish listed in your stock will go a week easy without eating and that is usually the better choice than an automatic feeding method or help from some one who does not keep fish.
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02-16-2011, 10:34 PM #5
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Originally Posted by rich311k
It's not like wild fish eat twice a day lol, They will be hungry but they'll be absolutely fine.
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02-17-2011, 03:13 AM #6
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awesome - thanks for the feedback everyone...
1 38 gal freshwater
1 Sailfin Pleco
3 red eye tetras
4 harlequin raspboras
2 mollies
3 albino corys
2 ottos
4 neon tetras
2 dwarf guramis
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03-02-2011, 08:05 PM #7
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hmm interesting to read this thread, i am away for the first time since i set my tank up...its only for three nights and im lucky enough to have my neighbor feed my cat so he will feed the fish too no doubt...but realisticly how long could you leave the fish for future referance? because i am due to go away in may and a little concerned...
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03-02-2011, 08:48 PM #8
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I would put the food in some kind of bag because non aquarists overfeed. That Q was already answered 3-4 days.
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03-03-2011, 08:45 AM #9
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I went away for a week last year and took the advice from the forum that no feeding was needed.
A week later and all was well.
It might be worthwhile having somebody just check the tank every couple of days. If a decent sized fish should die it could spike the ammonia levels.165l/36gall imp/43 gall US with wood and plants
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03-03-2011, 10:35 AM #10
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Healthy fish can go longer without food than most people think.
Female Mouthbrooding african cichlids can go up to a month or longer without food as they do not eat while they are tubbling eggs in their mouths.
If we go away for a week or less I don't bother with feeding of any sort.Sailor
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