Going on Vacation

[PufferGrrl]

I'm going on vacation next week for about 4 nights, 5 days. All my tanks will be covered with auto feeders because they eat either flake or freeze dried, but my one puffer likes frozen, doesn't really notice dried food. He likes it to sink to the bottom and find it. My one option is snails, but so far whenever I put them in he seems to find them all. I'm not sure what an acceptable amount is for 4 night to dump in all at once. I know he can go a day or 2 without food..and I'm guessing he'd be ok for the whole while, but I don't think I want to take that chance. I was thinking of putting ghost shrimp in there, but I don't know if he likes them yet, I was going to pick some up tomorrow and see how he is with those. I know they're not as nutritious as the other stuff he normally eats, but it should get him by for the couple days.. I would think. I was also thinking of putting freeze dried krill in an auto feeder and just cutting it up into smaller pieces, but sometimes he doesn't finish the whole piece of krill and I fish them out. I don't really want those sitting in there with him. I'm trying to get him to accept freeze dried bloodworms and hope that will work while I'm gone, but at this point I don't think he's going to go for that. I'm going camping, so most of my friends are coming with, so I can't leave a key with a friend and have them check on the fish. Does the ghost shrimp/snail plan sound acceptable? My water is 1.002 SG (he's being acclimated), so all the live stuff should be fine living in there.

[crazedpuffer]

Your puffer will be fine without any food for that time. Just to be safe drop in a whole lotta snails so he has something to pick at while your gone.