Vacation Planning

Will be going on vacation for 5 days. Have a 20 gallon tank with assorted
Tetra's. Any recommendations on feeding while away??
I've seen automatic feeders in the store, any good?
Thanks

[Dave S]

> wrote in message
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> Will be going on vacation for 5 days. Have a 20 gallon tank with
assorted
> Tetra's. Any recommendations on feeding while away??
> I've seen automatic feeders in the store, any good?
> Thanks
>
>
I use automatic feeders with both of my tanks. One's an Eheim and the
other's a Nutramatic - both are effective. I use a mixture of feed on both
feeders eg flake, Algae tablets and maybe dried Tubifex. The only issue is
that the feed must be finely cut/ground otherwise large flakes could stop
the flow of feed.

HTH - Dave

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"Dave S" > wrote in message
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> I use automatic feeders with both of my tanks. One's an Eheim and the
> other's a Nutramatic - both are effective. I use a mixture of feed on both
> feeders eg flake, Algae tablets and maybe dried Tubifex. The only issue is
> that the feed must be finely cut/ground otherwise large flakes could stop
> the flow of feed.
>
> HTH - Dave
>
I'm planning on a trip to India for a month in October, and am starting to
wonder how the hell to deal with the fish. The aquarium is a 75 gal
freshwater community tank. Currently I plan to buy an Eheim Clasic 2213,
and the best automatic feeder I can find, a few months before October so I
can test how it all works. And have my daughter ( who keeps fish herself
in a small way) come and do the testing and water changes every weekend.
Does anyone have any other advice that will potentially increase the
survival rate?

[Keith J.]

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> I'm planning on a trip to India for a month in October, and am starting to
> wonder how the hell to deal with the fish. The aquarium is a 75 gal
> freshwater community tank. Currently I plan to buy an Eheim Clasic 2213,
> and the best automatic feeder I can find, a few months before October so I
> can test how it all works. And have my daughter ( who keeps fish herself
> in a small way) come and do the testing and water changes every weekend.
> Does anyone have any other advice that will potentially increase the
> survival rate?

Show your daughter how to post questions here if she can't reach you. Most
of us will be glad to help.

Keith J.

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"Keith J." > wrote in
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> Show your daughter how to post questions here if she can't reach you. Most
> of us will be glad to help.
>
> Keith J.
>
now that a bloody good idea i hadnt thought of that one thanks
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Djay]

For vacations 7 days or less I don't feed at all. Have done over a dozen
trips like this and all the fish survived every time. Just feed them twice
a day for a few days beforehand and everything will be fine. I did buy a
PennPlax daily double feeder several years ago for trips longer than 7 days.
This is an EL-CHEAP-O feeder and it dumps food into the tank twice a day.
It takes a little experimentation to ensure your fish get the amount of food
they need and not too much. Anyway HTH - for 5 days, they'll be fine.

DJay

> wrote in message
m...
> Will be going on vacation for 5 days. Have a 20 gallon tank with
assorted
> Tetra's. Any recommendations on feeding while away??
> I've seen automatic feeders in the store, any good?
> Thanks
>
>

[Wally]

I put food in small paper cups, one for each day per tank that I will
be gone and have someone come and feed the fish. No overfeeding this
way and the fish get checked on each day. Just open the lid, pour out
the food and close her back up. Learned this the hard way after my
wife "helped" me while away one time.



On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:10:06 -0000, "Dave S" >
wrote:

> wrote in message
m...
>> Will be going on vacation for 5 days. Have a 20 gallon tank with
>assorted
>> Tetra's. Any recommendations on feeding while away??
>> I've seen automatic feeders in the store, any good?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>I use automatic feeders with both of my tanks. One's an Eheim and the
>other's a Nutramatic - both are effective. I use a mixture of feed on both
>feeders eg flake, Algae tablets and maybe dried Tubifex. The only issue is
>that the feed must be finely cut/ground otherwise large flakes could stop
>the flow of feed.
>
>HTH - Dave
>

[Acgelok]

>I put food in small paper cups, one for each day per tank that I will
>be gone and have someone come and feed the fish. No overfeeding this
>way and the fish get checked on each day. Just open the lid, pour out
>

I use a dosette from the drugstore and hide the rest of the fish-food from my
neighbour who feeds the fish 2 x a day ,problem solved . many fish have died
from overfeeding but very few have starved regards Art

[Rick]

> wrote in message
m...
> Will be going on vacation for 5 days. Have a 20 gallon tank with
assorted
> Tetra's. Any recommendations on feeding while away??
> I've seen automatic feeders in the store, any good?
> Thanks
>
>

don't feed them. They will be fine for 5 days without food and will clean up
all the left overs that might be in the tank.

Rick