2 days without food?

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Jack Dempsey
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Are fish usually ok if they dont eat for 2-3 days? I 'm going out of town tomorrow for a couple days and no will be home to feed my fish, they dont eat pellets so that leaves that one out. Do you think they will be ok for 2-3 days without food? Thanks!
 
You dont feed them in acclimation but I'm not sure
 
Should be fine. A lot of people use those "weekend feeder" things when they leave for a few days, but those are so messy, it's really better to just let the fish go without food.
 
You can grab an automatic feeder or grab some minnows or something for them while your gone. Larger fish can be ok if they have no food for a couple days if it comes down to the. Just make sure there are no fish in the tank that can and will become there dinner though. If you are talking about small community fish such as tetras,mollies guppies , then its a give or take. You could possibly lose some of them.
 
they will be fine. i don,t feed my fish over weekends anyway and it beets having some1 feed your fish when you are away only to come back to find all your fish dead because they have been way over fed.
 
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