Going to be gone for two weeks?

[Pete Stephenson]

Hey folks, I happen to have a FishMate automatic feeder[1] that I've put
on top of my 25 gallon tank[2] in preparation for a two week vacation.

It's been a while since I've used it last, so I don't remember any
particular advantages or disadvantages. Anyone here have any definite
experience they would care to share?

I loaded all fourteen chambers with flake food (ground up a bit under my
fingers, so as to allow for easier dropping of the food), and every
other day I put an algae tablet for the pleco on top of the flake food.

It's presently set to dispense once a day, which should be just right,
as it'll be 14 days until I get back.

I'll have someone stop by to water the plants, and I'll ask them to
check the feeder to ensure that it's dispensing properly.

Thanks for any advice or experience.

[1] http://tinyurl.com/dwzv4 shows the particular model.

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Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com

[Daniel Morrow]

"Pete Stephenson" > wrote in message
...
> Hey folks, I happen to have a FishMate automatic feeder[1] that I've put
> on top of my 25 gallon tank[2] in preparation for a two week vacation.
>
> It's been a while since I've used it last, so I don't remember any
> particular advantages or disadvantages. Anyone here have any definite
> experience they would care to share?

I would recommend you use an air pump connected to the air line connection
to insure reliability - cool feeder from the information on the link you
gave! Without an air pump air supply to combat humidity I would recommend
suspending the automatic feeder 13 or more inches above the tank surface to
insure reliability, again - don't suspend if you use a dedicated air pump
for reliability, suspend if you don't use an air pump. Good luck, and I
think you will be all right - later!


>
> I loaded all fourteen chambers with flake food (ground up a bit under my
> fingers, so as to allow for easier dropping of the food), and every
> other day I put an algae tablet for the pleco on top of the flake food.
>
> It's presently set to dispense once a day, which should be just right,
> as it'll be 14 days until I get back.
>
> I'll have someone stop by to water the plants, and I'll ask them to
> check the feeder to ensure that it's dispensing properly.
>
> Thanks for any advice or experience.
>
> [1] http://tinyurl.com/dwzv4 shows the particular model.

How in the world do you make a shortcut url like yours above in outlook
express's news reader? I would love to be able to do that so my urls don't
have to be cut and pasted because of being cut off. Thanks and later!
>
> --
> Pete Stephenson
> HeyPete.com

[Steve]

Daniel Morrow wrote:
> "Pete Stephenson" > wrote in message

>>
>>[1] http://tinyurl.com/dwzv4 shows the particular model.
>
>
> How in the world do you make a shortcut url like yours above in outlook
> express's news reader? I would love to be able to do that so my urls don't
> have to be cut and pasted because of being cut off. Thanks and later!
>

With the Mozilla Thunderbird mail tool I just use my browser to go to
the desired site, copy the link using the browser (select in top of
browser, then use ctrl-C). Then I paste (ctrl-V) into my message, word
processor document or whatever. I use the Firebird browser and run
Linux, but this should work fine with Windows tools too.
Steve

[Rocco Moretti]

Daniel Morrow wrote:
> "Pete Stephenson" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>[1] http://tinyurl.com/dwzv4 shows the particular model.
>
> How in the world do you make a shortcut url like yours above in outlook
> express's news reader? I would love to be able to do that so my urls don't
> have to be cut and pasted because of being cut off. Thanks and later!

Your news reader really isn't involved:

Go to the site you want to shorten with your web browser.
Copy the address from the address bar.
Go to tinyurl.com
Paste the long address into the box there.
Copy the tiny address from the webpage into your news reader.

Note that there are some people on Usenet who dislike TinyURLs - they
are concerned that someone can hide malicious or inappropriate content
that way.

[Pete Stephenson]

In article >,
Rocco Moretti > wrote:

> Note that there are some people on Usenet who dislike TinyURLs - they
> are concerned that someone can hide malicious or inappropriate content
> that way.

True, but on a similar note, there's many newsreaders that either don't
post or read long, line-wrapped URLs. In many cases, a TinyURL is
shorter and easy to manage.

I've never really heard of any malicious or inappropriate content being
mis-used via TinyURL, though that will be something to keep in mind in
the future. Thanks for the heads-up.

--
Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com

[Daniel Morrow]

"Pete Stephenson" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Rocco Moretti > wrote:
>
> > Note that there are some people on Usenet who dislike TinyURLs - they
> > are concerned that someone can hide malicious or inappropriate content
> > that way.
>
> True, but on a similar note, there's many newsreaders that either don't
> post or read long, line-wrapped URLs. In many cases, a TinyURL is
> shorter and easy to manage.
>
> I've never really heard of any malicious or inappropriate content being
> mis-used via TinyURL, though that will be something to keep in mind in
> the future. Thanks for the heads-up.
>
> --
> Pete Stephenson
> HeyPete.com

Thanks guys! I might not us that method but it is great to know about.
Later!