questions: how to autofeed my puffer?

[PufferNewbie]

i've got a situation and im not too sure what to do. My finals are over on the 24th and spring courses doesnt start til May 5th.. so im planning on heading home ( ~350km away) for the 9 days or so via the bus.

So im not too sure what to do with my puffers. Everyone i know is leaving on the 26th latest so no one can stay and feed my fishs...
I've got one of those "7-days autofeeding block" thing but i heard that puffers doesnt eat those stuff...

i do have a fish tank back home but its a small 20 gallon ( actually its my sisters) with a bunch of other fishs in it...

any idea?

[RENEGADE]

i don't know what you feed you fish but you can do a seach on google or altavista on "Automatic Fish Feeder"

[RENEGADE]

i just did one on google and found this:http://www.super-feed.com/product.html

[rjl420]

short of finding someone to feed your puffers there isn't much you can do. I would get a whole bunch of snails and hope for the best. the autofeeders will only work if your fish are eating flake or pellet foods, but you may be able to rig one with FD krill or something.

what do you feed your puffers now?

[Pufferpunk]

Krill or plankton might work in a auto feeder. Also you could buy a whole bunch of ghost shrimp & gut-load them with goodies before feeding them out, in addition to the snails.

[PufferNewbie]

rite now im feeding them with either dried Krills or frozen bloodworm.. maybe i'll try to Rig a autoflaker into an auto Kriller... dont wnat some over expansive.. said one going for like 100 CAn. pretty crazy

[Pufferpunk]

I haven't check the price for auto feeders here, but this is the cheapest online order spot: www.bigalsonline.com

[PufferNewbie]

hehe that story" big Al" is 10 mins drive from my "home"

[cdawson]

or you can use your girlfriend as an automatic feeder =)

[Shikkapow]

Get a standard flake auto feeer, and set it up for the duration you will be gone......it will work fine



oh and stock up on 4 dozen ghost shrimp before you go too :)
keep them alive with food, and the puff should dwindle them down in a few days

[PufferNewbie]

Originally posted by cdawson
or you can use your girlfriend as an automatic feeder =)

haha rite..i would rather pay 100 dollar for an autofeeder , cheaper that way :D

[PufferNewbie]

Originally posted by Shikkapow
Get a standard flake auto feeer, and set it up for the duration you will be gone......it will work fine



oh and stock up on 4 dozen ghost shrimp before you go too :)
keep them alive with food, and the puff should dwindle them down in a few days

seriously? think it would be fine if i just dump 48 Shrimps in there rite befoer i leave?

[Pufferpunk]

Sure, they'll only eat untill they're full. I must add again to always gut-load ghost shrimp, they're 95% (or more) water & not very nutricious alone. I would only use them as a supplement, still get a feeder.

[PufferNewbie]

wat about snails? they are pretty nutricious rite ( im pretty poor atm, tryin g to min the cost). if i can like 20 of them..will that do the trick?

[Shikkapow]

Sure snails will work.. but mine eats snails like they are going out of style... i think he actuall over eats them...

its a bit harder fro them to catch the shrimp, so they might last longer.. a dozen shrimp cost usually a little over a dollar


Originally posted by Pufferpunk
Sure, they'll only eat untill they're full. I must add again to always gut-load ghost shrimp, they're 95% (or more) water & not very nutricious alone. I would only use them as a supplement, still get a feeder.

As a daily diet, yes ghosties are a poor staple, but to help keep the fish alive for a little bit, it will do the trick

good luck :)