Feeding whilst on holiday

[craig colbert]

Hi new to all this as my tank is only a couple of months old at most... I have only two clown fish and a skunk cleaner shrimp.. I am looking to get a dwarf angel fish within a few weeks...

I will be away for 4 days over Christmas and have read somewhere that you can add live brine shrimp etc to an old clean margarine tub with a small hole punctured in it to allow the shrimp to come out and then the fish to feed.

does anyone have any experience with this and will it last 4 days?

 

[PaleHorse]

just get a auto feeder......

 

[craig colbert]

My fish wont eat the pellet or flake food, still trying to convince them but they are being picky...will keep trying lol

 

[A sea K]

If they are well fed then going without for 4 days should'nt be a problem

 

[billdogg]

If they are well fed then going without for 4 days should'nt be a problem

What he said. 4 days should be no problem. They will pick at stuff on the rocks, eat the pods that are in there, etc.

 

[MondoBongo]

brine shrimp likely won't last that long in the tank. if you can get them on to pellets i have used the daily pill containers and pre-portioned food for relatives to drop in the tank. like this (but obviously full of fish food portions):

as others have said, for clownfish, 4 days without food shouldn't be that big of a deal. although i always like to have eyes on my tank when i go away.

the larger concern for that time span in my opinion, would be evaporation and changing of salinity. are you currently using an auto top off to maintain salinity in range?

 

[Wryknow]

Healthy fish will be fine without feeding for 4 days. Heck, it may be just the trick to help the picky little SOBs learn how to eat flake and/or pellets.

 

[craig colbert]

Haha yeah I'll start them on that once I get back... Cheers everyone