I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.

Thanks

elyob wrote:
> I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
> stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
> humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
> one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.
>
> Thanks

Sticks, such as made by Tetra might be better?
-- 
Pete C
London UK

>I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
> stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
> humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
> one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.
>
> Thanks

The fish will be okay to leave for two weeks without food. They will forage 
and your tank will be much cleaner on your return.

Mark

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>I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
> stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
> humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
> one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.
>
I have a feeder (Hagen ?, £20 from Ebay) that takes an air hose that keeps 
the food dry. I crush food up using a pestle and mortor (£1 from Ikea) to 
ensure that no large lumps jam the opening.

Went away in Feb for 3 weeks no issue.

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elyob  writes
>I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
>stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
>humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
>one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.
>
Oh dear. Most if not all tropical fish will survive 2 weeks without food 
and you'll come back to a nice clean, well scavenged tank :-)  I'm not 
that mean to mine, but I will go for a long weekend without worrying. If 
I'm going away for two weeks I drop in feeding blocks. Not ideal, but 
I've found them easy to use and I've never come back to dead fish. 
Neighbours are the worst and assume the fish need a whole tin of food 
every week, no matter how often you say it's just a pinch a day.

Fish aren't like us. We use most of our food to maintain body 
temperature. Fish just use food to grow and repair their bodies. 2 weeks 
on short or even nil rations won't kill them.


-- 
Edward Cowling

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, 
elyob  writes
>I did test my auto feeder for three clown loach and three tetra. Just
>stuck flakes in. They were one solid mess a few days later due to the
>humidity from the tank. So, how do I use an auto feeder please? It's
>one of the Juwel ones, and I cut a hole in my lid for it.
>
>Thanks
The  first time I went away for two weeks, I tried to use my feeder.  I 
used flakes and did not use the optional air line. I came back to a 
soggy mess and a stuck feeder. But despite this, the fish survived. If I 
go away for two weeks now, I use pellets in the feeder, which seem to 
resist dampness better than flakes or grains, with the air line 
attached, and this seems to work fine. I also found it better to perch 
the feeder on one inch blocks of wood to give some clearance between the 
feeder and the gap which I cut. This way, the humidity from the tank is 
slightly reduced, and there is better air flow.
Hope this helps.
Paul.
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