So I have a Gramma Basslet and yellow clown goby in a 5.5gal. I'll be going away for a week and was wondering.... Do I need to get someone to feed them? Or will they be fine. I've left the gramma without food for a week...but the goby is smaller, and supposed to be fed smaller meals more often throughout the day.

Just wondering how long she'll be ok without food. I was planning on having my fiancee stop by once or twice when I'm gone to feed them (I would have the food pre-measured and crushed...to avoid over feeding (goby needs it crushed..small mouth).

So basically...will they be fine alone? with 1 or 2 stops in throughout the week? or will they need more? (specifically worried about the goby).

P.S. water change day before I leave, and as soon as I get back

Top off?

I don't get much, if any evaporation, I'm lucky like that

Thx for bringing that up tho all the same

Bump Bump, still curious as to whether they'll be ok for a week without food or not.

They'll be fine. Cover the top just to be safe. i go on trip for months. and im still wondering what to do with my fish this summer. 2-3 months trip

I feel ya! its like having a puppy. LOL Im going to watch this thread. we are going to california this summer for 2 weeks and Have no one around us that knows jak about tanks!

If they take pellets/flake you can buy small automatic fish feeders that rotate on a timer and dump food in each little compartment in. I'm facing the same dilemma and am not quite sure what I'm doing yet, although I know mine won't be fine for a week straight.

Alright...thanks for the responses, I think I'll get someone to come by once, mid-week to feed/check in on the tank (the timer on the lights has been getting stuck on "off" sometimes).

Sometime i take the more advance corals and fish to a friend house and set up a small tank so it wouldnt be a hassle for them to swing by every single day. but the more beginner/hardy fish that eat once a week i let someone swing by once a week.

play safe get a new timer and use it for a while to make sure its good my 2 cents

+1 my time shut off on a 2 week trip and most of my corals died!

that sucks man

get a friend to come over and top off and feed like every two days... just mostly to stop by and make sure everything is doign alright

Thanks again for the responses, I've been talking to my GF and she's agreed to drop in a few times through-out the week to check on them...she doesn't keep any fish tanks herself...so I'm well aware to make the instructions VERY clear...I've heard a lot of horror stories about people getting other people to take care of their tank .