Not home to feed my fish

I.Puff.Too · Post by **I.Puff.Too** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:06 pm

How long can 1.5" GSP's go without eating..I fed them some tilapia at about 6 am Wednesday morning..I won't be home until Sunday, maybe Saturday if we're lucky, my wife just gave birth to our daughter Thursday morning..it was a c section so they're keeping her a little longer..anyways I just want to make sure they will be ok...

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:37 pm

I'm not sure, but why Talapia?

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:39 pm

not certain about the time frame either but talapia is good for them especially is they are eating mostly shrimp.

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:46 pm

I thought you were not suppose to feed fish to puffers...I'm confused, thought it caused a fatty liver or something? So, it's safe to give my puffs a little fish when we have fish? Geez....that sounds so horrible....lol!

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:01 pm

shrimp & some mollusks contains high levels of thiaminase which apparently blocks vit B1 absorption. Tilapia does not contain thiaminase giving the metabolism a rest.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:04 pm

Tilapia, I love tilapia!

FrogSplash · Post by **FrogSplash** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:15 pm

Srkoe wrote:I thought you were not suppose to feed fish to puffers...I'm confused, thought it caused a fatty liver or something? So, it's safe to give my puffs a little fish when we have fish? Geez....that sounds so horrible....lol!

Some puffers feed on fish. such as the congo puffer which can have fish as their main diet

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:24 pm

So far all my Congo will eat are feeder fish

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:26 pm

it is not that they can't eat fish, it is the kind of fish that they are eating.

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I.Puff.Too · Post by **I.Puff.Too** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:13 pm

tilapia is fine..stay away from gold fish and such

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:32 pm

Can you send a friend to your house to feed them?

I.Puff.Too · Post by **I.Puff.Too** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:35 pm

i thought about it..i don't want them to put too much food in the tank...

trekenk · Post by **trekenk** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:12 pm

I.Puff.Too you have them moved over from the 10 g to the 55 g right? If not I would be more worried about them in the 10g without the daily water changes for that long than without eating.

I.Puff.Too · Post by **I.Puff.Too** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:39 pm

trek...uhm..i didn't move them yet..i know..but i will do it on Sunday, and since I've said I would do it without doing it already, I will post pics to prove it

trekenk · Post by **trekenk** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:33 am

I.Puff.Too wrote:trek...uhm..i didn't move them yet..i know..but i will do it on Sunday, and since I've said I would do it without doing it already, I will post pics to prove it

I can now understand that you wouldn't want a friend to go in to feed as overfeeding in that small of tank with 3 of them could go bad very quickly. I wouldn't worry about them not eating for a few days puffers can go long period of time without food. Please do get them moved ASAP.

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