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  1. mazaj

    mazaj Feather Duster

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    im going on vacation for 1 week during the holidays, im planning on getting an automatic feeder. anything else i should do? any specific brand for feeder i should get or avoid?
    i have a 75g with:
    1 maroon clown
    1 blue hippo tang
    2 yellow tail damsels
    1 domino
    some soft coral frags (red mushroom, gsp, zoas, palys)
    how to provide nori to the tang? should i cut it in small pieces and place it with the flakes in feeder?
    right now im doing 1 feeding/day to my fishes alternating frozen and flakes. and 1/2 paper of nori every other day for tang.
     
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  3. tgood

    tgood Sea Dragon

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    Personally I wouldn't recommend the auto feeder just in case something would happen. IMO it is better to get someone you trust to check the tank maybe once or twice throughout the week... Whenever I leave I pay my sister or parents to just take a look at the tank and I have the food portioned out so all they have to do is drop it in the tank midweek. It's also good because if something goes wrong like a pump or something like that you would definitely want to know about it sooner rather than coming home from a nice vacation to a stressful problem with the tank. Just a thought!
     
  4. mazaj

    mazaj Feather Duster

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    well this is my problem, i dont have family around and all my friends are going out of town (some of them with us) i have a canister filter and no sump.
     
  5. EvoCorals

    EvoCorals Plankton

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    Make sure your tank is plenty topped off and get an auto feeder