Vacation Feeding

[Patrick]

What are your favorite products for weekend/vacation feeding?  I hate those drop in "plaster" feeders and am looking for someting better......

[linuxrulesusa]

How long will you be gone?  If less than 5 days or so, you should be fine not feeding them.  Good water changes right before you leave.  And you should be set.

[djlamonica]

Your best bet is to just not feed them at all while your away.  They will not starve I promise.  Its just safer as you wont be around if anything goes wrong.  Eliminating feeding while your away takes away one of the factors that can cause problems and water spikes.

[linuxrulesusa]

How long will you be gone?  If less than 5 days or so, you should be fine not feeding them.  Good water changes right before you leave.  And you should be set.

One clarification - if you have fry...those may not do well going a week without water changes and/or feeding, if they're still very small.  If you can put something that will live in the tank e.g. worms, daphnia, etc to keep them fed while you're gone, that might help.  And again, a good water change before you leave.  If they're 1/2 inch or bigger, some may not make it but they should be all right.

[Marty]

Do you have any friends in the fish hobby you trust that are close by?  If so, have them feed your fish while you're gone, and you can do the same for them when they go on vacation.

[LoveTheFishies]

I use an Eheim automatic feeder.  It has alot of flexibility with dry food.  You can choose up to 4 feedings a day with various amounts fed.  The way the hopper is situated it keeps the food dry.  At the office I use it all the time, and just feed different types of food, like frozen, once in awhile. 

I think petsolutions.com has a $10 off coupon right now if you order a certain amount.

http://www.petsolutions.com/C/Automatic-Fish-Feeders/I/Ehiem-3581-Digital-Feeder.aspx