What to do while away on holiday?

[adrianlau]

I normally need to top up 1 gal of water daily (manually) due to evaporation from the fan (24 hrs). I'm hoping to spare my mother from doing the top up while I'm on holiday for 1 week.

I'm considering the following:

Feeding: Automatic feeder twice daily with pellets

Fan: Only on when the lights (2x 3 feet normal flourescent) are on (9 hours).

Any suggestions?

[xersion]

bro since its a fowler tank i suggest u not to on the fan while u went for holiday.. auto feeder is a must..

[jervismun]

I personally think the lighting is pretty optional... you can do without your fan too. Without using fan you will find your evaporation rate is much lower

If you have any reefer friend, give his or her number to your mum... just in case.

Most importantly enjoy your holiday!!!

[searching4dan]

IMO, if its a pure FOWLR tank..

its ok w/o lights and u can gif ur fan a rest..

juz top up water to a certain Max level b4 u leave 4 holiday

let it evaporate slowly..??

w/o the fan blowing.. evaporation will defintely be slower..

[adrianlau]

Thanks for all the feedback. I also experimented with a way of feeding my Copperband Butterfly as it is not eating pellets.

I floated a fish trap/breeder tank (that has openings underneath) into the main tank. When I'm away, will ask my mother to throw in a cube of frozen mysis shrimp once a day into the breeder tank. It floats for a while when still frozen, then it disintegrates and sinks through the openings at the bottom and into the main tank