Will everything die?!?!?

[Srt4eric]

I little dramatic on the title there. I'm taking my first vacation since setting up my tanks. I'm leaving tomorrow morning (Saturday) and I'm coming back Tuesday. I'm doing a water change now and making sure the ato is topped off. If I feed my fish and leave a fat piece of nori in the tank tomorrow morning is should be fine until Tuesday, right?

 

[Srt4eric]

I have apex and someone to come over incase of catastrophic failure but other than that do I really need to feed them for two days?

 

[Wlachnit]

Your fine...I do it all the time.

 

[Coral reefer]

No, but I’d still start using an auto feeder once you get back for the future

 

[dswong01]

i do the eheim auto feeder for my yearly one week vacation and does a good job.

 

[PeetaJai]

I find Neptune Auto feeder does a pretty good job for me. since u are using apex, maybe should look into one.
Randy have one for sale and in San Jose. Maybe u should reach out to him?
Thread 'FS: Neptune Systems AFS (auto feeder)' https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/fs-neptune-systems-afs-auto-feeder.29202/

But make sure u program it correctly or all the fish food will end up in your tank when you come back...

 

[RandyC]

I little dramatic on the title there. I'm taking my first vacation since setting up my tanks. I'm leaving tomorrow morning (Saturday) and I'm coming back Tuesday. I'm doing a water change now and making sure the ato is topped off. If I feed my fish and leave a fat piece of nori in the tank tomorrow morning is should be fine until Tuesday, right?

you’ll be fine not to feed them for a couple days. One thing I would recommend though is maybe get an auto feeder to feed once a day on a normal basis, that way when you do leave, you’ll know you have a working device since you’ll be seeing it run everyday. I’d also avoid doing a water change the night before of the day you go just in case something happens or you forget to turn something back on.

 

[Chromis]

I like to let the algae grow over the glass before vacation because it boosts the copepod population that your fish can graze on.

 

[Chromis]

you’ll be fine not to feed them for a couple days. One thing I would recommend though is maybe get an auto feeder to feed once a day on a normal basis, that way when you do leave, you’ll know you have a working device since you’ll be seeing it run everyday. I’d also avoid doing a water change the night before of the day you go just in case something happens or you forget to turn something back on.

Good advice! Yea don’t change a thing for a few days before you leave. If you tinker with your lights they could get stuck in manual-on mode for example. If you do a water change you might forget to turn your ATo or heater off etc...

 

[Afropenguin]

In my 15 gallon tank, I feed my fis

I have apex and someone to come over incase of catastrophic failure but other than that do I really need to feed them for two days?

Your fish will be fine. The fish in my 15 gallon gets fed every 3/4 days and the smallest clownfish in my main tank might not eat for an entire week.

 

[svreef]

I didn’t feed my 55g for 7 days while we were evacuated and everything was fine.

 

[NanoCrazed]

I like to let the algae grow over the glass before vacation because it boosts the copepod population that your fish can graze on.

That's my default tank state!

 

[WAR5150]

I’m routinely gone for 6-9 days at a time and the tank hold out just fine. I do have an apex auto feeder though and that makes a big difference for me.

 

[xCry0x]

Auto feeder and auto top off.. I regularly don't touch my tank between water changes.

I have a rsm 250 that has a full lid. Normally I have the front portion removed. But if I'm going to be gone for over a week I put it on to help with evap and extend my ato longer.

 

[Chromis]

What pellets do you all use for your auto feeders? The PE ones seem to work ok, but a lot end up not getting eaten.
Recently got a sample of ocean nutrition pellets and they sink too quickly.

 

[Coral reefer]

I use spectrum with a magnet feeding ring

 

[xCry0x]

I use flake.

But yes -- you need a feeding ring of some sort. I have the eheim feeding station.

 

[Chromis]

@xCry0x I might try flake too, this is exclusively what I feed my fish besides frozen food. I’m having trouble finding flake food since pellets have become more popular.
Just worried in a fish feeder situation they will absorb moisture and jam up the feeder, has that ever happened to you?

 

[Wlachnit]

I use Spectrum in my Eheim feeder

 

[xCry0x]

@xCry0x I might try flake too, this is exclusively what I feed my fish besides frozen food. I’m having trouble finding flake food since pellets have become more popular.
Just worried in a fish feeder situation they will absorb moisture and jam up the feeder, has that ever happened to you?

Nope. Iv been using this setup for 8 years. Only time I have had issues is when I knocked the thing into the tank . They aren't particularly water proof.

I used pellets early on but really I don't think pellets with well with the auto feeder. They tend to sink quickly. Flake stays in the water column a lot better.

I use Omega 1 marine flakes. This isn't something I have researched heavily, it's just what I have found at the store easily.

I use flake on the feeder fed 3x a day. When I'm being attentive I'll also do some mysis fed manually.

The auto feeder ensures that no matter how busy my day is, the fish get fed.