I will leave home for 2-4 days. Will my fish die without food in this 4 days? what can i do for them?
2006-08-11 20:43:52 · 20 answers · asked by Adam 45653 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
No. Fish can last a week or more without eating. Don't buy a weekend feeder, it will mess up your water quality. Before you go, feed your fish well for a few days and then do a water change (20% is good). Then turn off your lights. They should be fine when you get home.
2006-08-11 20:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by SabrinaD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the others said you could get a weekend feeder but they can live without the food for that time frame. Also if you have ominivore (eats both plants and animals) fish, then there may be plenty of leftover food in your gravel. Or if money is not a problem, you could invest in an automated feeder(I think you can set feeding time on these). They sell them in petshops and also at Walmart. And for 5 bucks extra you can buy a timer for your hood lights if you have your fish on a set feeding schedule.
2006-08-12 04:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by Julia F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the fish, I keep mainly salt water fish and many of the larger saltwater fish can go for a week without food, if they're well fed beforehand. With smaller fish, they don't last as long.
2006-08-12 11:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by F.R.O. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a trusted friend stop by each day you're gone to feed your fish. By the end of day two, the larger fish might look upon the smaller fish, thinking "you're looking pretty dam good, boy", leaving the poor smaller fish paranoid and uncomfortable for good reasons.
Otherwise, you might come home and find both fish dead....or one fish alone with a very portly belly, burping with a sheepish smile on his face.
2006-08-12 03:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fishes don't need calories to live but they have special kind of energy packets stored in there body. fishes can easily make it if they are left for two weeks without food but if you have a community tank this may be dangerous as some territorial fish will nip of fins of other fishes as breakfast.You can use holiday food for your fishes but it is not necessary.You can train your fishes to live without food by skipping one or two days feed.It will help when you will be supposed
to go away from home.
Hope this would help.Bye.
2006-08-12 03:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are automatic fish feeders which are white blocks of minerals and fish meal, some have tubifex worms in the center, that dissolve into the water, which the fish will eat up or just nibble on the block directly. Found almost anywhere pet supplies are sold.
Your fish might die, but its a small chance of it happening.
About $2
http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441778018&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302030133&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023693&bmUID=1155387212695&itemNo=13&Nao=12&Ntt=fish+feeders&In=All&previousText=fish+feeders&N=2
2006-08-12 08:55:10 · answer #6 · answered by norsedoggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can get 7 or 3 day food "pyramids" but de guy in a shop told me dat fish can survive for 2 weeks with no food
2006-08-12 18:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to my experience they generally dont die . just feed them well before leaving . the other thing is that which fish you have if you a goldfish then they will not die . third thing is that water should be fresh dont put chlorinated water you should put groundwater
2006-08-12 10:56:17 · answer #8 · answered by love4_1991 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you can get them weekend food. I forget what it is called, but they look like white chalk. LOL... Or you could buy an automatic feeder with a timer that will feed them.
2006-08-14 05:20:52 · answer #9 · answered by Nikki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy weekend feeder blocks at most tropical fish stores. They are white blocks shaped like seashells.
2006-08-12 03:46:27 · answer #10 · answered by willberb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋