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How to feed saltwater fish while on vacation?? help?

I have a 20 gallon saltwater tank with a clown fish and 2 damsels. I live in a dorm and they are kicking us out from Friday the 21st until Sunday the 30th for Thanksgiving break. I went to the fish store where I bought my fish and i thought you could put like a 10 day or 7 day dissolving tablet so they can eat, but the guy said they wont work in saltwater. So thats my first problem. My other problem is that he has me feeding them Brine Shrimp so they arent “used” to flake food. My mother seems to think there is something you can put in the water. Shes calling it a “pill” but i told her there isnt anything. And if there is, its not for sale around where I live. What do you guys suggest I do? is there actually a pill or something thatll dissolve that i can put in there? Thanks
What does doing the water change before/after i leave and come back do for the fish?

Cleaning saltwater tank with a mandarin goby (dragonet)?

I am starting up a reef tank and would eventually like to get a mandarin (in 6 plus months after much research). I am putting in crushed coral substrate and adding live rock.
I know these fish feed off of copepods (sometimes brine shrimp). I am wondering how you clean the substrate. If you vacuum the substrate, aren’t you vacuuming up the copepods – thus the mandarins food source? How does that work?
I am curious and cant figure it out.
Thank you.

Stocking a 30 gallon saltwater tank?

Is this a good match?
I wanna add:
1. oceallaris clownfish
2. yellow clown goby
3. blue damsefish
4. 3 blue leg hermit crabs
with live rock. also do you need a skimmer?Will my fiosh eat flakes or should I give them brine shrimp?
I was thinking of using a penguin marineland filter and I guess I will get a skimmer and a pair of clownfish(I’m using a different computer so it doesn’t have the saltwater supply list)

What tropical saltwater fish don’t eat brine shrimp?

Im starting a tropical saltwater tank and I want to grow brine shrimp in with some fish but from what iv read lots of fish would eat the shrimp, are there any that don’t?
thanks in advance.
@BIGgourami – Where do they live in the wild then? and can they live in salt water of the same salinity that the fish can handle?
- ok, but could i get brine shrimp to live in water suitable for saltwater fish?

about brine shrimp??

hi i currently have a 14 gallon saltwater tank, i was wondering if i could put some live brine shrimp in there or will they breed and overpopulate the fish tank? there is currently only one false percula clownfish in the tank.