problem. can i do this?

Brobro

Brobro

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ok, i just got 9 stiches in my foot (bike accident) and i really cant walk to much. my fish tanks are all downstairs, and i cant get down their twice a day. is it ok if i just feed my fish once a day, and in the mourning just turn on their lights. the fish i have are as followed:

12 gallon- 6 neon tetras, 3 platies, 1 cory, 2 zebra danios

65 gallon-1 severum, 1 kissing gourami, 1 festive cichlid, 1 clown loach (soon to be removed, see my other topics), 1 rtbs, 6 giant danios
 

Jawz

Jawz

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Mar 9, 2003
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hmm yeh i think they should survive on 1 feeding a day, fish can live a week without food, hmm lightin might be a concern as they may become stressed if too much light gets in the tank for too long. But id say it would be good until ur all healed up, now go get some rest!
 

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GDH

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Nov 29, 2002
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Feeding once a day will be fine unless the fish are fry/small and need more food to grow. If they are bigger, I wouldnt worry about it. All of my fish only get fed once a day. Do you have any live plants in your tanks? If you dont, then it wont hurt to leave the lights off until your foot gets better, the fish wont mind.
 

FroggyFox

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May 16, 2003
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I agree with the previous two messages. Once a day should be fine, and leaving them in the dark shouldn't be a problem until you're getting around a bit better!
 

Angelfish

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Apr 14, 2003
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Like others said, once a day is fine, I only ever feed my fish once a day. If you turn the light on in the mornings, when are you going to turn it off if your only going to be down their in the morning? =)
Have a speedy recovery, stitches in the foot have gotta hurt.
 

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