Feeding Saltwater Fish While on Vacation

Im new to Saltwater, but not to fish. With freshwater when going on vacation, I would plop in a weekend feeder. What do you do for saltwater fish? How do you keep them fed if you are gone for a week? Does anyone use a automatic feeder? Some advice please.

 

Unless you have anthias or some other fish that absolutely needs to be fed every day, I would let them go a week w/o food. There's plenty of bugs and algae in our tank to keep our fish fed while we're gone. If we're gone for longer than 2 weeks, we have a friend stop by to feed.

 

Like mentioned already I'd not feed them let them feed off the stuff living in the tank.. People feed themselves and their fish to much and to often anyways .

 

If you have FOWLR, you can go on vacation for a few days without feeding. For reef, unless you have a fully automated monitoring system, having a friend of tank sitter is not a bad idea.

 

just a trick I learned and want to share - if you get one of those pill cases, the "M T W Th F Sa Su" etc..and put pre-measured food in there it is semi-fool proof for friends who feed. The automatic ones get jammed....maybe live foods would work. Fish that feed themselves are great...

 

brilliant!

 

I went 12 days w/out feeding over christmas break with NO issues. came back and fish were fine.. a lil hungry but fine. i would be more worried about top-off water (if its not auto) and dosing (if its not auto/reactor). also think about skimmer. may want to hook up collection cup (if possible) to a gallon jug or something with a hose so it does not overflow.

 

Right on on both accounts. If it's just a weekend or a few days, no big deal. If longer, I get those little pill baggies and put portions of food in them and have somebody feed them. But as said above, I would worry more about evaporation unless you have an ATO.

 

I use auto-feeders even with i'm home, but i make sure they go off when i'm around to make sure they still work and still drop the food. This way, I know the system will continue to work when I leave as long as I replenish the food. This way I NEVER have to worry about feeding.

As it was said earlier, i'd be more concerned about evaporation than feeding.