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Gel Feeders

I was gone for two weeks and did not lose one fish with the gel feeders. I am not sure, though, how much the fish ate. I used them again a few weeks ago with the same results.
—stonypt

Only feeders we use

I have used the gel packs many times; the fish go directly to it when they see it falling. I put two in since when the (lazy) pleco realizes it is there he swims over and defends it as his easy food source. Never have any remnants when I get back. Of course I do not know if they last the length of time they say they will, but I put two 7 day feeders in my 35 gallon tank and there were no dead fish after being gone 10 days.
—Guest needsaloginname

Gel feeders

We went on a 10-day excursion to Florida and decided to use a gel feeder for our 10 gallon tank. To our surprise, they didn't touch it. We have one velvet platy, two gouramis, a neon tetra and a painted tetra. I forgot to test the chemical make-up of the tank before and after, but to my naked eye, there wasn't much change.
—Guest acphilly

Gel feeders - my fish won't touch them.

I went away for a week. I have eight tanks, and not one of them had fish that would touch the gel feeder blocks. Next time I think I will break them in half so they can get at some food. The outside gel coating is so effective, and lasts so long in water, that the fish don't detect it's food.
—Guest warren

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