Going out of town; feeding?

[Mstanker]

So ill be heading out of town soon, I will have someone come over and feed the tank once at day. Do you think my fish will be able to handle this? Also should i add a algae clip to my tank while im gone. For my ATO i set up a dip system where there is 16 cups of water or 1 gallon replaced a day. Just dont know if my fish can handle the once a day feeding.

FISH:

clowns x2
3 chrom
1 goby

 

[Trex]

How long are you going to be gone?

For a weekend, I don't worry about my tanks.

What size tank?

 

[Latinreefer]

I'm leaving town tomorrow for 7 days and I have two tanks set up with this feeder. It works great, feed up to four times a day.

Feeding Aquarium Fish: Eheim 3581 "Feed-Air" Digital Automatic Feeder

 

[vic67]

I agree; if it's just the weekend don't sweat it. If it's longer once a day is fine.

 

[Mstanker]

Its going to be for 5 days, so i think feeding once at a day should be fine.

 

[Mstanker]

you think they can go without food for 2 days??

 

[noobofthereef]

They would probably be fine without food for even a week or 2.

 

[noobofthereef]

Of course not meaning that this should be a regular feeding schedule, but if it's a once in a while type of thing they should be fine.

 

[abinder]

I only feed my fish once a day now and they are doing fine.


Allen

 

[fishroomlady]

should be fine.

 

[Mstanker]

alright thanks, trying not to come back Sunday to see a tank full of dead fish= $ lol

 

[fishroomlady]

it's always a little nerve wracking to leave our tanks - one thing I know that happens (unfortunately been there), is to make sure the tank sitter doesn't overfeed. I know fish always seem to be hungry no matter how many times they get fed and nontank people tend to overfeed - not meaning to. I would just be really explicit about how much to feed once a day. I wouldn't put any algae on a clip - most likely won't get eaten (your current fish are more meat eaters) and then can dirty up the tank.