Going out of town. HELP

catfishcity

catfishcity

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I am going out of town in 2 weeks and i will be gone for 5 days. right now the only thing in my tank is 2 clowns. what should i do to make sure they dont die while i am gone.
 
1990jpyj

1990jpyj

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what size tank is it? the smaller the tank the worse of it could really be. my suggestion would be to top-off your tank the night before you leave and they give them a nice amount of food. when i went out of town last i bought one of those algee clips and gave my clowns some algee sheets. they loved it so much that they only really eat those now. other then that you should probly be fine i would think.
you dont know any body who could like feed them once while your gone?
 
saltymarine

saltymarine

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Some details about your tank would be helpful. If you have plenty of live rock and sand they may be just fine picking from there. If you don't have that stuff I would say that your best bet is to get someone to feed them and definitely top off your tank before you leave.
 
catfishcity

catfishcity

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thanks for the info. the problem with someone coming over is that the only people that could do it are kids, and well i really dont want some kid "trying" to take care of my tank cause i really cant trust them to do it right or to actually do it. i went to the pet store today and saw that they had feeder pyramids for saltwater, would this be ok or not. ok, for some tank details, i have a 24 gallon nano cube, with about 30-40 lbs of live rock and 20 lbs of live sand.
 
saltymarine

saltymarine

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I would say that they should be ok if you feed them before you leave with some good brine shrimp or something very nutritious. Then hang some seaweed sheets for them to pick at while you are gone. I think that with what they will find in the live rock and sand will do them for 5 days.
 
robertmathern

robertmathern

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If its only for 5 days you will be fine. The only thing I see a evaporation. I would fill you tank as high as you can slowly intill. Yes your salinity will drop. So it it slow over the next few days. Then keep it there. That way while you are gone the water evapotates the salintiy will rise but it will do it slowly. And when you get back just put the water level where it normally was and you should be ok. If you can find someone to top off the tank even better just hide the food so they cant feed. 2 clowns will be fine for 5 days with out food justt feed when you leave and feed when you get back. Other than that enjoy your vactation
 
howardj

howardj

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When I had someone come watch my tanks, I had prepared sandwich baggies with the right amount of food in them. (every other day for Saltwater tanks)
I was gone for 7 days, nothing bad happened
 
robertmathern

robertmathern

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Originally Posted by HowardJ
http:///forum/post/2899018
When I had someone come watch my tanks, I had prepared sandwich baggies with the right amount of food in them. (every other day for Saltwater tanks)
I was gone for 7 days, nothing bad happened
did they top off your tank. I would be less concerned with feeding than evap.
 
t316

t316

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...could cut the lights back some also, to help keep evaporation down during that time.
 
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