Vacation Feeding? Have you used this?

[aaron23]

Saw this on amazon,
http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-Laboratories-Plankton-Banquet/dp/B003LBM9DG

Has anyone or would anyone recommend using this in their aquariums?

 

[hybridazn]

How long will you be gone? When I'm gone for a week I don't bother having the fish fed while gone. Not worth risking the stability of the tank because a friend or a feeder like that going great wrong. The fish will be fine for that amount of time without being fed.

 

[aaron23]

I'll be gone for exactly 8 days.. dont think they'll starve to death? lol

 

[hybridazn]

Nah. They will find things in the tank to munch on haha

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I agree. Don't do it.

 

[aaron23]

haha ok will not buy those vacation blocks

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Ouch, no food for eight days? Do you not feed your cat or dog for that period while you're away? How about yourself?

While I know I'm not comparing apples to apples here, most fishes are eating food all day long, constantly grazing the reef. I suppose with minimal fish stocking and lots of natural food sources you could get away with it, but I wouldn't recommend it in most tanks.

Several of my clients tanks in offices have had major issues from not being fed over a weekend. Fish start to be more aggressive defending their territory when food is not around, resulting in badly beaten fish or death.

I agree to not put any type of feeding block into a tank. However there are some affordable dry food auto feeders out there, or better yet you can pre-portion an all-in-one frozen food like LRS and stick in your freezer for a tank sitter to toss in once or twice per day.

 

[KingTriton]

I keep the appropriate amount of fish food per a day each in separate frozen marked zip lock bag. This way the person thats helping you can't overfeed your tank.

 

[aaron23]

i will definitely do that, thanks for the advice everyone! :)

 

[Drauka99]

I keep the appropriate amount of fish food per a day each in separate frozen marked zip lock bag. This way the person thats helping you can't overfeed your tank.

thats what I am doing this time. Only difference is i found some small plastic containers to use rather than bags.

 

[aaron23]

Ive made it easier and mixed a ton of frozen together and placed them into an silicone icecube tray. 1/2 a cube per day feeding

 

[TomToro]

I use a rondomatic circular feeder when I go on vacation. It only dispenses pellets reliably, but that will work for a week. Never had a problem with it. Another great feed I've used is the Ehiem feeder with two sections. Very reliable, but again I don't use flake in case humidity binds it.