Fish OK If Left for a Week?

[happyclam]

I am planning on having (6) Bluegreen chromises, (2) Ocellaris clowns, & (1) Fourline Wrasse. Could they be left for a week without being fed in my 135 gal. reef?

PS: I also have a refugium, so some plankton will probably get swept into the tank.

 

[Diatome]

Why not get an auto feeder to drop a little flake each day? I ran mine for a month before my first vacation. Only bad episode is mine was clogged, my fault, and the fish were fine except my scopas tang decided to do the tang thing and sample the LPS.

 

[LockeOak]

It may be safer to simply not feed them for a week rather than risk the feeder dumping in too much.

 

[snommisbor]

I wouldnt worry about the feeding part so much because they can graze some and a week is not bad. It would be the evaporation I would worry about. Hope you have a ATO.

 

[Capt_Cully]

yeah, i think you'll be fine too. but situations like that bring out the worst in some fish. if you have any potential trouble makers, their true colors will show if left to their own devices.

any potential tank sitters that could check in 2 or 3x while you're away.

When I travel, I lay out a weeks worth of food and have someone dump in the daily batch. If they miss a day I don't worry at all.