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09/24/2014, 03:37 AM
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Feeding whilst on holiday
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? |
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09/24/2014, 03:40 AM
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Moved On
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just get a auto feeder......
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09/24/2014, 04:19 AM
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My fish wont eat the pellet or flake food, still trying to convince them but they are being picky...will keep trying lol
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09/24/2014, 05:13 AM
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If they are well fed then going without for 4 days should'nt be a problem
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09/24/2014, 06:05 AM
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09/24/2014, 08:20 AM
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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?
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09/24/2014, 09:14 AM
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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.
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09/30/2014, 01:28 AM
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Haha yeah I'll start them on that once I get back... Cheers everyone
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