Help Going On Vacation
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Dumping a bunch of feeders in there was probably the one thing people WOULDN'T have suggested. Now there's the possibility that they'll catch something from the feeders. Or you could have an ammonia spike from dead fish parts sitting in your tank decomposing. They would have been fine for 3 days.
Yes, even a week without food isn't a big deal at all. Fish don't always have to eat everyday. Several freshwater native species (bass, perch, etc) don't feed much at all through the cold months unless something is literally right in their face.
I have, inadvertently, left oscars AND convicts without food for 4 weeks (the person who was supposed to feed them forgot I had asked them....) and everything survived. They ate a ton for a few days and the oscars gave me attitude, but other than that, they survived just fine. I don't recommend that by any means, but they can go solid periods of time without food.
I have, inadvertently, left oscars AND convicts without food for 4 weeks (the person who was supposed to feed them forgot I had asked them....) and everything survived. They ate a ton for a few days and the oscars gave me attitude, but other than that, they survived just fine. I don't recommend that by any means, but they can go solid periods of time without food.
thefishmaster1;4391293; said:
WTF? Dude, not a good idea. Huge risk of the feeders transferring disease to the convicts. On top of that its just more bioload added to the tank when you aren't there. And why were there so many in the little tank?
The right thing to do would have been to do a water good size water change before leaving and feeding them as normal.
