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12-21-2007, 10:07 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mexico City Age: 30
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 |  Opinion on Holiday Block Feeders
Hi again. Next week I am going to go on a scuba trip down here in mexico. My LFS sold me a "7-day pyramid fish feeder". I'm not being esceptic here, but by the looks of it, I don't trust it to feed my fish. Has anyone used this before? Sadly, I can't rely on someone coming home to feed my fish while away. | 
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12-21-2007, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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How long will you be gone for and what kind of fish are you feeding? | |
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12-21-2007, 09:49 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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I will be away 5 days. I have a yellow tang (for whom I already attached nori), a flame angel and 5 damsels. | |
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12-22-2007, 07:31 AM
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I wouldn't worry about feeding while you're gone in that case. Both the tang and angel are herbivors and can feed on the algae in your tank and the damsels can eat whatever copepods they can catch. I would have no qualms using a block feeder in a freshwater tank but I'd think twice about using them in a marine tank. If you really had to feed the fish while you were gone, I'd invest in an automatic feeder. | |
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12-23-2007, 10:59 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lancaster Ohio Age: 36
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I wouldnt feed them at all they will be just fine and your tank will be cleaner. and you dont have to worry about the food causing your tank to crash. 
But now I am Mad I want to go with you I need to go somewhere Warm. and go diving. :mad:   | |
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12-23-2007, 01:21 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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I use one of these if I am going to be away more then day or so. My fish used to being fed twice a day. Is pretty failsafe, and food amount easily controlled. Automatic Computerized Fish Feeder COMPARE TO EHEIM!!!!!!
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12-28-2007, 09:18 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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Thanks guys! Just came back from diving trip (Zihuatanejo). I found everything in complete order, and because I left the lights of, my tank is pretty clean. Diving was great and couldn't resist bringing a couple critters back home. I'll post pics as soon as I have a chance to take them. Definately I will buy an automatic feeder for future trips. | |
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12-28-2007, 09:36 AM
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5 to 7 day's I never worry about them eating . They can peck the rocks clean You mentioned the tank was clean (: I think the fish here get fed weekly when lucky LOL _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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12-28-2007, 11:55 AM
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Just a note. those block feeders just pollute the tank. and I thought they where for fresh water only?
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01-07-2008, 05:58 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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I agree with the others. Probably no need to feed them at all. YOu can overfeed them a little before you leave and they will fidn food themselves. An automatic feeder is the next best option but I would never use the dissolving feeders in my saltwater tank. I don't know if they are even compatiable for a SW tank but I don't even like them in my FW tank cause they never seem to disolve at the proper rate. | |
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