BettaGirl92

Are thoes 10 day fish feeder blocks okay to put in a tank?
I'll be going on for a trip back home to Newfoundland next month, and don't trust my friends to feed my fish. (They always feed too much!)

And would you need more than one in a larger tank?

ThisGuy

We went to florida for a week and a half in April. We dropped a block in our 29gal, and a betta food block in our betta tank.. All the fish were alive when we got home...

sirdarksol

I would suggest against the chalk style blocks. The food can be big enough to block the digestive tracks of smaller fish (this has happened to one members' mollies).
Go with the gel feeder blocks instead.

BettaGirl92

Gel feeder blocks... i havn't seen them around.
But i'll take a look.
Thanks for the replys!

ThisGuy

I have never seen those that sounds cool. To me it was a choice of buying a automatic feeder for all the tanks or the chalk blocks. Gel sounds better do you have a link?

BettaGirl92

How well does the automatic feeders work?

sirdarksol

Petsmart (at least all of the local ones) carries the gel blocks. They're little shallow plastic cups with foil over the top. You peel the foil off and drop them in.

Edit: I think that, with the automatic feeders, you get what you pay for. The cheap feeders can fail on you, dumping the entire load of food in the tank in a day.

ThisGuy

That would be nice to come home too. Ha id be so mad

BettaGirl92

yeahhh, not to mention all your fish would probably be dead.

Shawnie

I have an auto feeder at work cause we are closed a couple days a week...ive never had an issue..but as sir said, its worth payin for a good one ...