How can I keep my fish fed while on vacation?

[casey_leftwich ?????]

We just bought a male Betta for my two year old daughter.

When we got home, we realized that we won't be able to feed him while we're on our 4-day vacation this weekend.

Can he survive without eating? Or do I give him a bunch of food before we leave? Or do they make a time-elapsed feeder thing?
It's just one of those average sized fish bowls like people used to keep gold fish in.

[anna]

Buy an automatic fish feeder but they are costly for just four days. I would reccomend giving him to a friend.

[tikitiki]

He'll be fine without eating for that time. Fish can go easily a week or two without eating. Stay away from the automatic feeders or adding "extra" food, that'll just foul up the water. Not sure on his tank or "bowl" size, but probably best to do a partial water change just before you leave, and then again when you return-assuming it's smaller then a 5 gallon tank.

[THE CATWHISPERER]

Couldn't a friend check in on him? A friend of yours I mean.

[junie]

Just feed a normal feeding right before you leave. Also, do a partial water change before you leave and as soon as you get home. Much more than 4 days and you should consider some other way of feeding.

I also suggest considering a larger tank. A 5 gallon would be ok, but 10 gallon tanks are much easier to maintain. You should have a heater and filter for the tank. The betta does best at 78F. They can survive in a bowl, but they will do much better and live longer in a filtered and heated tank.

[cellerdor]

Four days should be fine. Its actually good for fish to go a few days without food every once in a while. It helps clear out their system and decreases chances of constipation and swim bladder.

Don't give him a bunch of food before you leave, as overfeeding is never a good idea. Fish don't save food for later, the left over food would foul up the tank and mess up your water perameters.

Have a good vacation.

[Sadi]

Give it a fishing pole and leave the food outside of it opened for it to fish for food.

[Fern L]

daily automatic fish feeder or theres these white cubes or in any shape or size u want that are a daily food or weekly food..or u can ask a close friend to come over every night to feed them!

[Mokey41]

Make sure he's fed before you leave and he'll be fine. Betta's can go quite awhile without food and actually do better if they are fasted once in awhile. The food blocks you can add are really bad for messing up the water.

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[Football Fanatic]

u can buy an automatic fish feeder. I was wondering the same thing a few days ago but i found out that this produst exist