I have a 125 gallon FOWLR tank with six fish; a foxface, 2 clowns, an engineer blenny, pajama cardinalfish & a scissortail goby. I'm going away early morning Friday, returning between lunch & dinner time on Sunday. If I have to I could get someone to feed the fish but would prefer not to. Do you think there's any problem leaving them for a couple of days without feeding? I know fish are supposed to handle it just fine, but I've never done that before.
A couple of days without food
- Thread starter Orcrone
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You can feed Friday before you leave & they all should be fine.
kospaintball
Active Member
Yep you should be just fine
GrendelPrime
Well-Known Member
agreed..i wouldent worry about it
You are very welcome !
rdwilson91
Member
If you want to cover all your bases, automatic feeders are awesome. However, you should always observe an auto feeder for several days before you leave town; if you buy it the day before you leave and then set it up and go, it might dump all the food at once while you're out of town.
Your fish will be fine, these are just convenient.
Your fish will be fine, these are just convenient.
My fish are a bunch of spoiled brats. :happywalk Gotten used to frozen food and have not had much success with other types of food.
rdwilson91
Member
Haha mine love frozen but will still go for prepared. I was using a cheap prepared food that gave me a cyano bloom.
smkndrgn142
Member
I only feed my fish every 3-4 days...I've also left them for up to 10 days without food and every one's been fine. fish normally don't eat every day in the wild. That said if you have an established tank, there should be plenty of algae for grazing and pods for munching!