Going On Vacation

I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed my
FOWLR tank.
I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well as
other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be fed?
Thanks

"Peter Pan" wrote in
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I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed
my FOWLR tank.
I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well
as other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be
fed? Thanks


Regardless of who you pick to do your feedings, prep and pre-package
into ziploc bags _exactly_ what you want your fish to be fed, and mark
each bag with a date and time of day (if person agrees to multiple
visits per day) for the feeding, and write any other notes about
feeding on the bag, too (notes like "clip this seaweed into the
suction cup feeder clip, on the left side of the tank" etc.). Store
bags appropriately; in the fridge or whatever. Its best, although not
always practical, if all the food can be kept in one place. Write up a
summary sheet for the fish-sitter, especially if the food is in
different locations. Tape the summary sheet to the tank. I do this
for my wife for every business trip I take. She has _no_ interest in
the details of feeding or maintenance, but my tanks don't seem to
suffer for it. Make the duty as decision-free as possible, and I'd
bet even your brother-in-law can do it...

I make sure regular maintenance duties are done the day before i
leave, and I get a fish-savvy friend to do any routine maintenance, if
I'm away for a time that warrants it (usually 1 week). That's more
because my wife is unwilling to lug water changes around the house or
clean out filter media, than it is because she isn't capable of doing
that, and other, routine tasks ;-) She will empty a skimmer
collection cup for me, though (Ahh, it must be True Love...

Good Luck!

Regards
DaveZ
Atom Weaver

Yep, and it's worth repeating, to always package each
feeding in it's own container. Plastic film containers
also work well for this.

I always had a checklist that the person would have to go
through, and write down. I even had unnecessary items for
them to do so that if something did happen, they would be
used to doing it.

Some of the items I had on the list were, temp, ph, feed,
time of day, quick observation of tank, water level,
salinity, pumps running, room temperature, and last but
not least, call. The person would then call me and go over
the answers to the check list, and I would write them
down, on a sheet that I had. That way I made sure that
they were giving proper attention to the tank.

And the next time I was getting ready to go on vacation, I
would pull up the checklist on the computer, look to see
if I needed to add any more items, and then print it out.

Vacations, yea that was what I used to get before I owned
the store :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



atomweaver wrote on 11/17/2006 11:54 AM:
"Peter Pan" wrote in
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I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed
my FOWLR tank.
I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well
as other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be
fed? Thanks


Regardless of who you pick to do your feedings, prep and pre-package
into ziploc bags _exactly_ what you want your fish to be fed, and mark
each bag with a date and time of day (if person agrees to multiple
visits per day) for the feeding, and write any other notes about
feeding on the bag, too (notes like "clip this seaweed into the
suction cup feeder clip, on the left side of the tank" etc.). Store
bags appropriately; in the fridge or whatever. Its best, although not
always practical, if all the food can be kept in one place. Write up a
summary sheet for the fish-sitter, especially if the food is in
different locations. Tape the summary sheet to the tank. I do this
for my wife for every business trip I take. She has _no_ interest in
the details of feeding or maintenance, but my tanks don't seem to
suffer for it. Make the duty as decision-free as possible, and I'd
bet even your brother-in-law can do it...

I make sure regular maintenance duties are done the day before i
leave, and I get a fish-savvy friend to do any routine maintenance, if
I'm away for a time that warrants it (usually 1 week). That's more
because my wife is unwilling to lug water changes around the house or
clean out filter media, than it is because she isn't capable of doing
that, and other, routine tasks ;-) She will empty a skimmer
collection cup for me, though (Ahh, it must be True Love...

Good Luck!

Regards
DaveZ
Atom Weaver

Thanks for the replies, Wayne, I'll be asure to thank you in person, when
I'm in Orlando

"

Why not buy an Automatic feeder ?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=1&N=0&N ty=1


"Peter Pan" wrote in message
news
I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed my
FOWLR tank.
I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well as
other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be fed?
Thanks

I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp (defrosted of course)
Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info

"Peter Pan" wrote in message . ..
I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp
(defrosted of course)
Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info

You could make an exception for the week you are gone.

Peter Pan wrote:
I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp (defrosted of course)
Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info

How 'bout switching to freeze-dried for the week?

George Patterson
Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO
study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it.

Yea, but it's still nice to have someone checking on the
tank, as long as they don't do something stupid.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Pszemol wrote on 11/18/2006 8:37 AM:
"Peter Pan" wrote in message
. ..
I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp
(defrosted of course)
Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info

You could make an exception for the week you are gone.

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message k.net...
Yea, but it's still nice to have someone checking on the
tank, as long as they don't do something stupid.

I have nothing against that...