HELP: feeding fish during vacation

[alfani]

I will be going on my summer vacation in about a month from now. I have the Eheim feeder and have been testing it for couple of days now, the issue with this feeder is when there is humid the food got stuck together and won't fall into the tank. Anyone have a better fish feeder or how to fix this humid issue. I heard of Aquatics IntelliFeed, but don't want to spend $60 if it would have the same issue. Thanks

 

[jlm080307]

I just chose not to feed my fish on vacation. I was gone for 6 days. Everything survived.

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[Skaters216]

I just got back from vacation and used the Eheim feeder and left a standup fan on in the room blowing towards the feeder and it worked great half the food I put in there was gone and the rest was still good,, Set to feed twice a day,, also had my brother who knows nothing about tanks stop by and put a small medicine size cup of frozen food I cut up and mixed with RoDi water every other 2 days.. Everyone survived

 

[BioMan]

I just chose not to feed my fish on vacation. I was gone for 6 days. Everything survived.

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I did the same thing last week. I guess this is ok as long as you don't have an anthias.

 

[theMeat]

Try pellets

 

[reefman]

mix pellet n flakes, use thicker flakes.

 

[alfani]

Ok thanks for the suggestions. I will try flakes and pellets and min fan

 

[BioMan]

how long will you be gone and what kind of fish? Like i said earlier i didn't feed them for 4 -5 days and everything was fine. I only feed raw fish n shrimp that i blend up myself to my livestock and since that wasn't an option while i was away i passed on the pellets

 

[zenfish]

how long will you be gone and what kind of fish? Like i said earlier i didn't feed them for 4 -5 days and everything was fine. I only feed raw fish n shrimp that i blend up myself to my livestock and since that wasn't an option while i was away i passed on the pellets

yep, not enough info.. how long u r gone? what kind of fish? very important questions to ask b4 dispensing advice. :scratch:

 

[crox99]

I use the same feeder and I have never had any problems with the New Era pellets. I believe the unit has a built in mini fan.

 

[alfani]

I use the same feeder and I have never had any problems with the New Era pellets. I believe the unit has a built in mini fan.

yes, the fan only blows during couple of seconds that food is rotating but the flakes are already stuck before the feeding time kicks in. I am currently using New Era flakes, will try mixing in the pellets