Coral Only Tank?

[TomFez]

Hi Everyone:

Does anyone have advice on keeping a coral only tank?

I have a 29 gallon reef tank that has been running for about 7 years. I am temporarily being relocated for work for 1 year, but will be able to come home every 2-3 weeks to take care of things at my house (mostly aquarium and some yard stuffs)...anyways. Tank is mostly RBTA's, with some monitipora, zoas, pocillopora, plate coral, and mushrooms. I am thinking about taking out the fish (2 ocellaris clownfish and 1 dottyback) and putting them in a separate tank with an auto feeder. I am scared to set up an autofeeder on my reef because it has been problematic in the past.

I have an automatic doser for Calk, but have 2 more pumps that can be used for some sort of coral food supplementation or adding nutrients being fish poop will be absent. Any ideas/thoughts on this plan?

Ideally, I would have someone watch the house and keep the tank as is, but having a hard time finding the right person. Taking the tank with me is a not an option because I live in Hawaii on big island and am be relocated to Oahu.

Thanks for any thought/comments/suggestions.

 

[MarAquatic]

Bro how do you get marine fish not endemic to hawaii in hawaii?

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[MarAquatic]

Btw I'm jealous you live in paradise

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[TomFez]

PetCo.
I assume they have some sort of permit to bring stuff in.

 

[MarAquatic]

Dang really I didnt know that. I thought Hawaii was really strick with fish and corals. Dont want irresponsible individuals releasing them into the reefs. That's cool though

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[Vinny Kreyling]

When I did maintenance we used Eheim battery operated feeders.
Unless the battery died we had no problems & used both flake & pellets in the same feeder.
I would just use New Life Spectrum pellets & scotch tape the slide opening so it doesn't move.

 

[hegeh]

How long are we talking about here? Short term is ok. Long term might starve the corals unless you would be dosing amino and coral foods

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