feeding fish whillie away

[tuck]

typical i have just got my tank up and runing and few fish in and everything going great.

then i find myself having to work away for a while..Im leaving home on a monday morning very early and im not home again until fri evening..

The problem is how will my fish survive with no food during the week..

can anyone give me any ideas of what i can do..

i have a 500 litre tank with 2 percula clowns, 1 pink skunk clown,3 yellowtail damsels and a clown tang..also few feather dusters.

im good and diy jobs so could make something if poss or even buy something

 

[Lotus]

I use an automatic battery-operated fish feeder when I go away. There are a bunch of them on the market. I get the ones with a hopper that has adjustable feeding amounts and in which I can mix some different foods (pellets, dried mysis, etc.).

Always make sure it's up and running and working correctly before you trust it to feed your fish.

 

[tuck]

thanks
i will have alook this weekend for one this weekend. any particular one i should look for or are they all just as good once i get one with a hopper

 

[Lorna]

make sure that the one you get keeps the flake dry otherwise it will clump up and be no good. I have left my fish for a week without any food letting them fend for themselves off the rock etc....and they have been fine. Sometimes it is better to let them be than to have someone or something overfeed them.

 

[Fishmonger70]

I too have left my fish alone for a week while on vacation. Sometimes I get paranoid that when I get home they will be ten fins up but they are always fine in the end.

 

[Lotus]

The Hydro one has a place where you can put an airline from an airpump to keep the flake dry. I have one of those, and it has worked well. It's easy to set and easy to control the amount of food. It's very dry where I live, so keeping the pellets dry isn't a big issue.

I also have an Eheim one that works fairly well.

After last year's three-day trip that turned into an eight-day trip (medical emergency), I get a little paranoid about these things. I was glad last year that the fish were fed while I was away.

 

[tuck]

i got me a jewel auto feeder and so far so good. set it up and tested it over the weekend, and all seems to be good. easy to use and set. filled it with flake and crushed dried shrimp and krill.

thanks to all for your advice