Automatic feeding suggestions needed (marine)

[ParrotRob]

Hi. I'm going to be out of town from the middle of next week until the
middle of the following week, about 7 days. I have a petsitter who comes in
to take care of my cats and other stuff, but they only come once a day.

To feed my marine (fish only) tank, I purchased a Penn-Plax "Daily Double"
which feeds twice a day. Unfortunately, the humidity coming off of the top
of the tank where it is mounted is causing the food in it to cake up and jam
the feeder.

Does anyone know a way I can avoid this with this unit? If not, does anyone
know of a better way to feed them while away? I have used the
dissolving-type food cubes in freshwater tanks before - do they make
something like this suitable for my clowns, damsels and hermit crabs?

[Rick]

"ParrotRob" > wrote in message
...
> Hi. I'm going to be out of town from the middle of next week until the
> middle of the following week, about 7 days. I have a petsitter who comes
in
> to take care of my cats and other stuff, but they only come once a day.
>
> To feed my marine (fish only) tank, I purchased a Penn-Plax "Daily Double"
> which feeds twice a day. Unfortunately, the humidity coming off of the
top
> of the tank where it is mounted is causing the food in it to cake up and
jam
> the feeder.
>
> Does anyone know a way I can avoid this with this unit? If not, does
anyone
> know of a better way to feed them while away? I have used the
> dissolving-type food cubes in freshwater tanks before - do they make
> something like this suitable for my clowns, damsels and hermit crabs?
>
>

as a keeper of freshwater fish I know that a week without food would be
acceptable for adult fish. If your having a pet sitter come in once a day
then why not just leave a measured amount of food in small sandwich bags out
and have that person dump it into the tank. Once a day is plenty

Rick

[Aquatic-Care]

I am with Rick on this one. Just leave measured food and tell the sitter not
to add to it.

There are other fish feeders with air hose attachments for keeping the food
dry, but I don't think they do the job too well. I sell Tenera Weekend
feeders on my site which are nice to have.

Aquacare

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Freshwater/Sal****er
Since 1993
www.aquatic-care.com


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