Hello! I am leaving for a week of vacation with the family and leaving my blue stripe pipefish alone for the first time. I have been hatching and feeding (a al @Paul B method) with a bottom feeding device. I have an automatic feeder which will take care of the rest of my fish, but am worried that the pipefish will have problems. I have a 30g tank which is reasonably well established, but not sure it has sufficient pods (I also have two mandarins and a scooter blenny). Any advice?
Pipefish care when away on vacation
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Do you have someone you can trust that you can show them what to do while you are gone?
Lol, when we went away I had each day labeled for my parents but it was only fish, not live feeders.
Lol, when we went away I had each day labeled for my parents but it was only fish, not live feeders.
I am trying to line up a friend, but its not 100%. I wasn't too worried before, in the past I had left for 7 days leaving an automatic feeder and there were no issues. The mandarin was skinnier when I got back, but would just feed them extra for a while. Not sure if the pipefish can handle the stress.
I would buy a few thousand pods from my LFS or online and dump those in the day you leave. This should help hold them over. I would be doing this regularly, every 4-6 weeks, since you have 3 high metabolism pod eating fish and a pipefish...
oceanrider
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About 20 yrs ago, I had a 55 gal aquarium with live rock, zoas, GTP, softies, LPS. And just one fish, a blue striped pipefish. I had kids who were just born, so neglected the tank for about 5 months......and the pipefish did well, just lived off all the copepods in the aquarium. Howeever, you have other fish, and several active copepod specialists eaters in the mandarin goby and blenny, and a relatively smaller tank, so you should beef up the copepod population.
I would get some macro algae, a clump if possible, and throw it in a corner with less currents. Go online and buy the 1000 copepod deals, and when it arrives, just dump half of the pods near the clump of algae, and the other clump maybe in filter or sump. That should be able to tide the 4 pod eaters for one week.
Good luck >
I would get some macro algae, a clump if possible, and throw it in a corner with less currents. Go online and buy the 1000 copepod deals, and when it arrives, just dump half of the pods near the clump of algae, and the other clump maybe in filter or sump. That should be able to tide the 4 pod eaters for one week.
Good luck >
Thanks, was able to talk a buddy into coming over a few times and load up the brine shrimp feeder with baby brine. All the fish made it! Of course the pistol shrimp got antsy and decided to bury/kill my nice new alveopora and a low hanging pocillapora...but not bad all things considered...
vlangel
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I am glad to hear that overall you came back to a happy tank. I know I always have some nerves when leaving my seahorses and its a relief to come home and find the ponies alive and well.
oceanrider
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good........ glad it worked out.
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