I overfed my 40 gallon aquarium. 2 of my tiger barbs died. it warned me. so i researched the sickness and did a 50% WC and added quick cure. Luckily my Cichlids did not get infected well my convict was being less active but it did not have visible signs. I think my Cichlids will be okay. it is defenetly overfeeding. for now on i will feed those fish less. my water is always clear I juts think food go in the gravel witch attracted parasites. there were also little worms on my glass. I will add salt later. just DO NOT overfeed your fish! I am pretty shore it was costia.
never overfeed your fish!
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Hello; This may be a good thread to discuss ideas about what may happen if a tank is overfed. I have had tanks wiped out when a friend decided to feed when I was away. In the past I have been guilty of regularly adding too much food over a long time period.
My thinking on a sudden single episode of overfeeding is that at least two things may happen. One is that the extra food leads to a masssive increase of the population of decay organisms and these deplete the oxygen available in the water and may lead to fish death. Another is that the metabolism of the decay organisms generates a lot of waste products, including ammonia, that may be toxic to the fish. Any other thoughts?
The white worms on the glass may have been hydra. ???
My thinking on a sudden single episode of overfeeding is that at least two things may happen. One is that the extra food leads to a masssive increase of the population of decay organisms and these deplete the oxygen available in the water and may lead to fish death. Another is that the metabolism of the decay organisms generates a lot of waste products, including ammonia, that may be toxic to the fish. Any other thoughts?
The white worms on the glass may have been hydra. ???
im pretty sure people on here are aware of not to overfeed. and if they do they have sufficient filtration to cope.
Hello; What about long term overfeeding but not enough to quickly spoil a tank. I eventually found that a tank like this would have an odor. There were no internet forums (or even home computers) and few others to talk with back when I was first learning, so I largely had to puzzle this out by trial and error. Lots of air bubblers would help. Over time the population of ammonia consuming bacteria would have adjusted to the extra ammonia from decay, so that toxin should have been kept in check. I would not lose a lot of fish, but more than I now lose since using reduced feeding. Water changes were found to help.
One side benefit was several tanks with very good plant growth without my adding fertilizer suppliments, although in hindsight with the likely cost to the overall health of the fish.
I now am very conservative with the feeding and usually skip feeding a day or more a week. Along with somewhat lower stocking densities and regular water changes I now find my fish living for what seems much longer than a few decades ago.
Anyone have specific notions about why long term overfeeding in not good for fish?
One side benefit was several tanks with very good plant growth without my adding fertilizer suppliments, although in hindsight with the likely cost to the overall health of the fish.
I now am very conservative with the feeding and usually skip feeding a day or more a week. Along with somewhat lower stocking densities and regular water changes I now find my fish living for what seems much longer than a few decades ago.
Anyone have specific notions about why long term overfeeding in not good for fish?
You always make sure they eat all the food within 5 minutes and if they dont, take the excess out.
Well, what did your fish die of? I feel you have 2 problems...
1) general husbandry
2) a specific illness
While improving #1 will prevent a lot of #2, you will still need to treat the disease if it showed itself in your tank already.
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1) general husbandry
2) a specific illness
While improving #1 will prevent a lot of #2, you will still need to treat the disease if it showed itself in your tank already.
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The five minute rule depends on the fish and the food..
For example I hang sliced zucchini in my tank for two days...usually by that time the zucchini get reduced to almost nothing...five minute rule does not really work with veggies nor slow feeders...I personally just monitor the behavior of the fish and my water parameters...
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For example I hang sliced zucchini in my tank for two days...usually by that time the zucchini get reduced to almost nothing...five minute rule does not really work with veggies nor slow feeders...I personally just monitor the behavior of the fish and my water parameters...
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I have a problem with one of my peacock bass. No mattet what food i dump in my tank, he eats them... And most of time he doesn't stop eating until they are gone. So that he grows up lots of faster than others....