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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2006Going On Vacation
I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed my FOWLR tank. I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well as other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be fed? Thanks > I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed > my FOWLR tank. > I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well > as other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be > fed? Thanks Regardless of who you pick to do your feedings, prep and pre-package into ziploc bags _exactly_ what you want your fish to be fed, and mark each bag with a date and time of day (if person agrees to multiple visits per day) for the feeding, and write any other notes about feeding on the bag, too (notes like "clip this seaweed into the suction cup feeder clip, on the left side of the tank" etc.). Store bags appropriately; in the fridge or whatever. Its best, although not always practical, if all the food can be kept in one place. Write up a summary sheet for the fish-sitter, especially if the food is in different locations. Tape the summary sheet to the tank. I do this for my wife for every business trip I take. She has _no_ interest in the details of feeding or maintenance, but my tanks don't seem to suffer for it. Make the duty as decision-free as possible, and I'd bet even your brother-in-law can do it... I make sure regular maintenance duties are done the day before i leave, and I get a fish-savvy friend to do any routine maintenance, if I'm away for a time that warrants it (usually >1 week). That's more because my wife is unwilling to lug water changes around the house or clean out filter media, than it is because she isn't capable of doing that, and other, routine tasks ;-) She will empty a skimmer collection cup for me, though (Ahh, it must be True Love... ;) Good Luck! Regards DaveZ Atom Weaver Yep, and it's worth repeating, to always package each feeding in it's own container. Plastic film containers also work well for this. I always had a checklist that the person would have to go through, and write down. I even had unnecessary items for them to do so that if something did happen, they would be used to doing it. Some of the items I had on the list were, temp, ph, feed, time of day, quick observation of tank, water level, salinity, pumps running, room temperature, and last but not least, call. The person would then call me and go over the answers to the check list, and I would write them down, on a sheet that I had. That way I made sure that they were giving proper attention to the tank. And the next time I was getting ready to go on vacation, I would pull up the checklist on the computer, look to see if I needed to add any more items, and then print it out. Vacations, yea that was what I used to get before I owned the store :-) Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com atomweaver wrote on 11/17/2006 11:54 AM: >> I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed >> my FOWLR tank. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > DaveZ > Atom Weaver Thanks for the replies, Wayne, I'll be asure to thank you in person, when I'm in Orlando " Why not buy an Automatic feeder ? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8118&Ntt=automatic %20feeder&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1 > I'm leaving fow a week and erally dont trust my brother in law to feed my > FOWLR tank. > I have 2 grazier in my tank (Coral Bueaty Angel and a Foxface) as well as > other fish. CAn anyone suggest a good way to ensure then will be fed? > Thanks I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp (defrosted of course) Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info > I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp > (defrosted of course) > Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info You could make an exception for the week you are gone. Yea, but it's still nice to have someone checking on the tank, as long as they don't do something stupid. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com Pszemol wrote on 11/18/2006 8:37 AM: >> I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp >> (defrosted of course) >> Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info > > You could make an exception for the week you are gone. > Yea, but it's still nice to have someone checking on the > tank, as long as they don't do something stupid. I have nothing against that... Especially if the power should trip out for whatever reason! I'm heading off to Sydney tomorrow for a week and have a friend coming in to live here and take care of our farm. The biggest instruction sheet is for my fish though!! My main points are * Don't overfeed * Check pumps are all working and there is water movement I did water changes on Sunday (yesterday here)as I prefer to have an extra day to make sure all is well. None of my tanks are overstocked which helps. > Yea, but it's still nice to have someone checking on the tank, as long > as they don't do something stupid. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> You could make an exception for the week you are gone. > I feed my fish moslty frozen brine and mysis shrimp (defrosted of course) > Flake only once a week.But thanks for the info How 'bout switching to freeze-dried for the week? George Patterson Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it. Just Curious: How much nutritional value is there in green hair algae? If a tank had a generous amount, could a small Yellow or Hippo Tang live off it for a week without added food? > Just Curious: > > How much nutritional value is there in green hair algae? If a tank had a > generous amount, could a small Yellow or Hippo Tang live off it for a week > without added food? The problem is that green hair algae does not taste good, so these fish do not eat it... There would be no problems with GHA in reef tanks if any tang would eat it :-) I guess I dont know my algaes yet. My tang is constantly eating off the rock in my tank. It definitely looks like it`s ripping algae off the rock. I would imagine there are probably plenty of green algaes that are not technically "Hair" algae, right? >> Just Curious: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > tanks if > any tang would eat it :-) > I guess I dont know my algaes yet. My tang is constantly eating off the rock > in my tank. It definitely looks like it`s ripping algae off the rock. I > would imagine there are probably plenty of green algaes that are not > technically "Hair" algae, right? Yep. -K > I guess I dont know my algaes yet. My tang is constantly eating off the rock > in my tank. It definitely looks like it`s ripping algae off the rock. I > would imagine there are probably plenty of green algaes that are not > technically "Hair" algae, right? Over time the tang will eat off the rocks all algae which tastes good and leaves the algae which does not taste good. And this one will outcompete the other kinds... if your water conditions are not good and hair algae likes to grow. They do eat it some, but not a lot. However, if you weaken the hair algae, like use phosphate removers, things will eat it more. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com StringerBell wrote on 11/18/2006 3:13 PM: > I guess I dont know my algaes yet. My tang is constantly eating off the rock > in my tank. It definitely looks like it`s ripping algae off the rock. I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> tanks if >> any tang would eat it :-) > Just Curious: > > How much nutritional value is there in green hair algae? If a tank had a > generous amount, could a small Yellow or Hippo Tang live off it for a week > without added food? Sure. Even if it didn't eat much of it, it would probably do fine. (My tangs don't touch green hair.) I've been told a happy, healthy and well fed fish should do fine for 5 days without food anyway. (Not that you should starve your fish if you can help it. This was brought up as a technique for getting picky eaters to try something it finds less appetizing.) Speaking of tangs. It's been brought up that giving tangs nori and wakame acquired from natural/health food stores is a good deal and great for the fish so I'd thought I'd throw it out there to try Dulce (it is red, soft and a little sticky when dried - maybe folks on the Eastern seaboard of the US can get it fresh and grow it in your refugiums.) It is tang crack. -K > How much nutritional value is there in green hair algae? If a tank had a > generous amount, could a small Yellow or Hippo Tang live off it for a week > without added food? Until recently, I had a Powder Blue tang. It wouldn't touch hair algae. It did pick at the green algae that grows on the glass. George Patterson Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it. |
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