Weekend Feeding

[MatthewLaw]

Greetings All- I will be away for the weekend (Friday night- Sunday night) and was wondering if I should give the fish a 'bigger' dinner before I leave on Friday night?

Or should I just give them a normal dinner and 'hope' that they survive an extra day without food?

I know one extra day without food isn't going to cause them to starve to death but just wanted to put that question out there. Thanks!

 

[FishGeek]

Fish can go about a week without suffering very much from not eating. I would just feed them normally. You arent going to be home to clean the tank so definitely dont over feed.

 

[MatthewLaw]

Thanks!

Thanks for the info and help!!

 

[FishGeek]

np. I generally feed my fish every other day and skip a meal or two each week. Just so Im sure that I dont overfeed.

 

[MatthewLaw]

oh that's an idea. my TBs attack the food every night like they have not been fed in weeks!! i give them plenty of food and make sure that there is nothing remaining 5 mintues after i have put it in. so i am concerned about feeding them every OTHER night.

 

[FishGeek]

Always remember that a hungry fish is a healthy fish. Think about how often they would eat in the wild. Also how much more energy they would be exerting. My other reason for feeding that way is my fish dont get fat Sometimes too I just throw in bottom sinking wafers and let the fish pick at those. Then I dont feed for 2 days after that. Its nice to divvy things up for them, you know.

 

[MatthewLaw]

interesting!

hmm interesting ideas. thanks for the advice/help!

have you dealt with rainbow sharks before?? i find that during feeding time, the TBs are very aggressive and the RS just eat what the TBs dont get to!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'd just go normal before and not worry about it over the weekend. I'd probably do a WC before i go as well.

 

[MatthewLaw]

thanks c-man

Thanks for the advice.

I performed a 50% water change last night. i checked the nitrite level this morning and it somewhere between 0.5 and 1.0. Definitely not as a dark as the 1.0 sacle but not as lot as teh 0.5.

Everyone appeared to be happily swimming around....

 

[FishGeek]

Ive had Rainbow Sharks before. They are always crazy about food. Probably part of how they got their name.

 

[MatthewLaw]

hmmm i guess my Rainbow sharks ar a little intimidated by the TBs then?? (6 tb, 5 rs)

 

[FishGeek]

Yeah probably.

 

[MatthewLaw]

hmmm well the TB dont chase the sharks so i am not really worried (at this point).

 

[zzz22zzz]

No just feed them normal they will be fine i went ona 4 day vaca and fed them normal got back and they were fine

 

[sombunya]

my TBs attack the food every night like they have not been fed in weeks!!

My Bluegill are the same way. They eat everything I throw in there. They'd eat 4 times a day if I feed them that often, but I don't. I'll consider your advice about once a day.

 

[jo3olous]

oh that's an idea. my TBs attack the food every night like they have not been fed in weeks!! i give them plenty of food and make sure that there is nothing remaining 5 mintues after i have put it in. so i am concerned about feeding them every OTHER night.

TBs eat regardless of whether they're hungry or not. Of course they'll die if you overfeed, they just don't know when to stop!