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03-22-2007, 10:58 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
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I have gone away for a long weekend many times where I left Friday morning and didn't return until Monday night and did not feed the fish in between. Even though it wasn't the fish's normal feeing, I just fed them in the morning on Friday before I left and then when I came back on Monday night. They were fine for the time I was gone.
I have been told that fish can last about a week without food. I have never personally starved them for that long, but that's what I have been told.
Hope this helps!
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Started 03/2006
46 Gallon, Aqua C Remora w/ Maxi-Jet 1200, 2 Hydor Koralia #1, Penguin Bio-Wheel 200 Filter (w/ no Bio-Wheel), 65 lbs live rock, 60 lbs live sand, Coralife 36" Lunar Aqualight 2x96w with LEDs.
LIVESTOCK
Fish: 2 false perculas, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 diamond goby
Inverts: 10 hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails, 7 turbo snails, 1 electric blue crab, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp.
Corals: Colt Coral
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03-22-2007, 11:28 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Nah, I've gone away for longer than that without worrying about feeding my fish. If I'm gone for longer than a week though, I have somebody come over to feed them. | |
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03-22-2007, 11:42 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Age: 31
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No feeding. They don't always eat every single day in the wild. I don't even feed my own but every other day. | |
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03-22-2007, 11:57 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Awesome guys. That takes a weight off my mind. And makes me think maybe i shouldnt be feeing every day. I try to keep it really lite. But I bet every other day would be better for my cyno problems. | |
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03-22-2007, 12:00 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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Fish don't eat every day in the wild - they'll survive no problem. I feed mine at best 3x a week.
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03-22-2007, 12:14 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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Ahhh that's nothing. Just feed a little before you leave, top up your water as well and feed when you get back. they will be fine, i do this when i go away for the weekend. Nothing to worry about, marine fish have slow metabolisms so you'll be a okay. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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03-22-2007, 01:05 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Yup, don't feed...will survive for a week at a time without feeding. Many times they will pick at pods etc. in your live rock but really shouldn't be an issue! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-22-2007, 01:33 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Think of the mouth brooders like the cardinals that cant eat for a week caus e they have the babies in their mouth. | |
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03-22-2007, 02:15 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Age: 31
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Cardinals usually hold eggs and fry in their mouth for more like 28 days than a week.
Also, many wild caught fish see food for the first time when they finally reach a pet stores tanks. Many collectors and wholesalers don't even bother to feed and those turnarounds can be several days.
Finally, places that breed fish often stop feeding batches a day or two before shipping to allow the fish to clean out it's system so it doesn't foul the shipping bags.
A weekend will only make your fish appreciate you that much more. | |
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