Tvw321 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Coming up I need to go away for a few dats and don't really have anyone I can trust to feed my nursery tank ? I don't want the Babies to die while I am away. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding how to leave them feed? Can I use those gold fish all day sucker cube things ? Ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 How old are the babies? If large enough they may be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 u can get a battery-operated automatic feeder Age of Aquariums has them from $50-$70 for one look http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/automatic_fish_feeders.php yanke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I used an auto feeder recently for 7 weeks on 1-1.5 cm fry which worked fine. Just need to test it over a few days before you go to make sure its all fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharmlou Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Vouch for the Eheim auto feeders. Use them on all my tanks, all the time. Started using them for holidays and was so impressed that I left them on all the time. I have three on each tank, with different size pellets,in three different locations ( 6ft tanks). On my 3ft grow out tank I have one feeder using NLS grow. The only tank I hand feed is the one I have my old Oscar in ( but then he is more a like a 35cm dog anyway!!)Do test it for a few days before leaving!!Cheers, Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expansa Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Agreed I've been on holidays and found the Eheim auto feeders to work really well. Just test it to how much food you want to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan888 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Hello,I've always been told not to trust auto feeders. I'm Feb I'm going away for 3 weeks. Do you think I could trust the Eheim for that amount of time? How long to the batteries last in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The auto feeders will serve your purpose fine.To safen the situation,, get the smallest size ones and get 3.Set each one to a third of your required total.This means if one has operating difficulties in any way,, then it's only one third effected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan888 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Thank you,Can I get them to fit on a "JEBO" style tank. I know these tanks are very limited what can be added to them. An example of that is that I want to get a skimmer but none will fit that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Hello,I've always been told not to trust auto feeders. I'm Feb I'm going away for 3 weeks. Do you think I could trust the Eheim for that amount of time? How long to the batteries last in them?I ran 3 eheim auto feeders (1 per tank) for 7 weeks without a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan888 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Great. I must invest. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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