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Brent, One thing I've done when being away and having another person feed......unsure if they have medication boxes like this your way but was helpful to ensure that overfeeding did not occur. I purchased one for each tank and only filled the days I wanted shrimp fed and only in the amounts I decided.

Hi Brent As a general rule the biggest problem you will have is the shrimp sitter will over feed the shrimp and there will be a nitrate increase and algae outbreak. Shrimp can and will survive on a lot less than we generally feed them so make sure the sitter is clear on the quantity to put in and to only feed, at the most 2 times a week. Also make it clear that sometimes shrimp die and they need to be removed asap to prevent a massive spike. They have to actually look in the tank regularly to check for this. As there is going to be a nitrate increase without WC's while you are away reduce your light times before going to mitigate algae growth. Things should be fine for that time period so dont worry about problems until they actually happen and have a stress free time away.

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