Im going on a 3 day camping trip.
I know my older or bigger fish will be fine for 2 days no food i will feed just before we head out.
I have 5 pc cichlid fry and i have been feeding them 3 times a day with almost every day 50% water changes.
Can the little guy's/gal's do ok with no food for 2 days?
General Aquaria Discussion • How long can i go with no food?
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
How big are they?
You don't really have any choice so see what happens.
You don't really have any choice so see what happens.
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75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
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DJRansome - Global Moderator
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
DJRansome wrote:How big are they?
You don't really have any choice so see what happens.
They are at 1/2in in size. They seem very healthy but honestly these being my first baby fish i really dont know what im talking about. They are super energetic for the most part. 3 of the 5 are bigger so i hope they are males.
But your right we will just have to find out.
- Lars23
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
They should be fine.
I’d get a water change in just before you go and feed them well.
I’d get a water change in just before you go and feed them well.
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shiftyfox - Joined: Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:38 am
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
Lars;
They will certainly survive, but juveniles like that want to eat often (as you're familiar with)...I usually arrange a trusted housesitter and leave a daily portion in a shot-glass so there's no change of overfeeding because the housesitter's portion judgement doesn't even come into play. As an alternative, I have had very good automated result feeding small (2-3mm) pellets if they are already eating those (less so flake form food) with the Eheim Everyday battery powered fishfeeder.
Cheers
They will certainly survive, but juveniles like that want to eat often (as you're familiar with)...I usually arrange a trusted housesitter and leave a daily portion in a shot-glass so there's no change of overfeeding because the housesitter's portion judgement doesn't even come into play. As an alternative, I have had very good automated result feeding small (2-3mm) pellets if they are already eating those (less so flake form food) with the Eheim Everyday battery powered fishfeeder.
Cheers
- Ronzo
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
Then you hear the horror stories about pet sitter mishaps and auto feeder malfunctions killing all the fish.
If they are 1/2 inch I would feed before leaving and get nitrates to 10ppm.
If they are 1/2 inch I would feed before leaving and get nitrates to 10ppm.
125G Borleyi, Multipunctata
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
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DJRansome - Global Moderator
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Re: How long can i go with no food?
DJR;
Our housesitter is a longtime and trusted family friend, who permanently has a housekey, and she is well qualified with what the plants and fish need, but when I had juvies who I wanted to feed multiple times a day, I didn't want to bother her with coming over so often, and I decided on
the autofeeders...I set these up and had them test-running a number of days, with monitoring of the feeding time and amount, before actually leaving. It did take some fine tuning of the portioning door opening, and finally securing it into place with tape, but once fine tuned for a consistent desired amount, two feeders served as expected and without issue.
Cheers
Our housesitter is a longtime and trusted family friend, who permanently has a housekey, and she is well qualified with what the plants and fish need, but when I had juvies who I wanted to feed multiple times a day, I didn't want to bother her with coming over so often, and I decided on
the autofeeders...I set these up and had them test-running a number of days, with monitoring of the feeding time and amount, before actually leaving. It did take some fine tuning of the portioning door opening, and finally securing it into place with tape, but once fine tuned for a consistent desired amount, two feeders served as expected and without issue.
Cheers
- Ronzo
- Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:15 am
- Location: Connecticut
Re: How long can i go with no food?
Lars23 wrote:Im going on a 3 day camping trip.
I know my older or bigger fish will be fine for 2 days no food i will feed just before we head out.
I have 5 pc cichlid fry and i have been feeding them 3 times a day with almost every day 50% water changes.
Can the little guy's/gal's do ok with no food for 2 days?
Fish can go up to 2 weeks without food. Happens all the time.
- Cichlidude
- Joined: Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:00 pm
Re: How long can i go with no food?
Lars23, how did it go?
125G Borleyi, Multipunctata
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
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