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06/28/2017, 07:34 PM
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Vacation time, quick question
Okay I am going away for a week... woohoo bout time...
Anyway we have someone coming by to watch and feed the cat...i have no ato, no auto feeder...i know I evap only about 400ml a day... so I literally will have individual water bottles set up for them to dump one per day... how ever I don't trust them to feed....i was wondering can i add my pinch of reef roids to a couple bottles and have them sit for a couple days? Or will this spike PO4? I am sure I could ask them to throw 10 or so pellets in the tank to feed my shrimp and crabs and snails...or I could prob them of and Ziploc them and tie them to the bottle of the day... |
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06/28/2017, 07:40 PM
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I would pre-portion and keep the food dry. Putting it in the topoff water will surely lead to spoiled food.
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06/28/2017, 11:36 PM
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06/29/2017, 03:16 AM
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Yeah that's what I was thinking... just not sure how to measure off and contain 1ml of reef roids... lol
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06/29/2017, 05:33 AM
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How about one of those multi-compartment pill boxes you see old/sick people use? With a compartment for each day of the week?
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06/29/2017, 05:43 AM
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My .02.
Have your tank sitter over before hand to see what YOUR portion size looks like, then preportion as above. I wouldn't worry about the Reef Roids. A week without them will not hurt the tank. Most of all, enjoy the vacation.
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06/29/2017, 01:18 PM
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I sure hope too... sadly not one of them beach sun filled vacay... but rather fishing kayaking and mountain biking in northern Ontario... can't wait...i may forgo feeding all together... it is only my inverts..i have no fish..i am sure they can pick and scavenge for a week...
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06/29/2017, 01:29 PM
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with inverts only I wouldn't bother with feeding. They can fend for themselves as long as you aren't already overstocked on inverts.
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06/30/2017, 06:02 AM
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+1. Skip the feeding and avoid the risk.
Have a great time.
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06/30/2017, 08:56 AM
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1 peppermint, 1 blue leg, one emerald crab, 1 nassarius snail, 2 trochus snails, 1 cerith snail...5g tank, more coral then rock and glass though lol... should be fine i hope...
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07/01/2017, 05:48 AM
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You can buy small .75 oz cups at most grocery stores. They use them for espresso shots here in Miami. When I went away I just proportioned them and put the day of the week to be fed.
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07/01/2017, 10:49 PM
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I cut the food ice cubes into half squares and have the neighbor feed once per day or every other day. That way they don't overfeed. It's not rocket science.
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07/02/2017, 07:39 AM
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