Office Aquapod

[NETSECPRO]

I recently set up a 12G Aquapod in my office at work. The only thing I have in it right now is some liverock and small Xenia frag. In the future I would like to put 1 or 2 clowns in there. My question is: for those of you who also have nanos at your office how do you take care of feeding your fish over the weekend while no one is there? Is there some type of automatic feed that I could get?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[mister crabs]

fish can go a weekend without food technically...they wont starve or anything

 

[ENraged]

I have a clown and a fire shrimp in my office aquapod and they are fine.
I give them a double feeding on Friday one just before i go home making sure the water is a bit on the high side and salinity is a bit low to counter any evaporation.
then monday they get a water change and a nice long feeding no problems thus far.
One thing though before you put fish in the tank cut a 1 inch or 2 inch board to place under the tank to aid in leveling the tank as well as if you ever have to change offices of even jobs you can have a way to lift the tank without stressing the base.
Just draing the tank down little past halfway so lighten it and get some help putting the board under it.

 

[madnav87]

you dont need to feed your fish every day; the more food they eat, the more ammonia they produce. This is especially important in a nano reef because nitrates can quickly build up to dangerous levels if the fish are overfed. I feed my fish every other day, and they are fine.

 

[NETSECPRO]

Thanks for the info everyone! That was the only thing I was worried about. I would hate to come in on a Monday morning and find dead fish.

 

[wav3form]

Fish can go quite a long time without food, don't worry about skipping a day or two.

 

[Jester]

I wouldnt worry.. especially if you have live rock... they will eat little things off the rock too...

 

[noschmo]

I have a ranch in Az and go home every two weeks. The fish do fine with no food for two days. In fact, I think its good for them. I have all my tanks in my office. No problema