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Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:06 pm
by I.Puff.Too
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...
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:37 pm
by Srkoe
I'm not sure, but why Talapia?
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:39 pm
by J-P
not certain about the time frame either but talapia is good for them especially is they are eating mostly shrimp.
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:46 pm
by Srkoe
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!
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:01 pm
by J-P
shrimp & some mollusks contains high levels of thiaminase which apparently blocks vit B1 absorption. Tilapia does not contain thiaminase giving the metabolism a rest.
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:04 pm
by greenspottedlover
Tilapia, I love tilapia!
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:15 pm
by FrogSplash
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
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:24 pm
by Srkoe
So far all my Congo will eat are feeder fish
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:26 pm
by J-P
it is not that they can't eat fish, it is the kind of fish that they are eating.
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Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:13 pm
by I.Puff.Too
tilapia is fine..stay away from gold fish and such
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:32 pm
by sevenyearnight
Can you send a friend to your house to feed them?
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:35 pm
by I.Puff.Too
i thought about it..i don't want them to put too much food in the tank...
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:12 pm
by trekenk
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.
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:39 pm
by I.Puff.Too
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
Re: Not home to feed my fish
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:33 am
by trekenk
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.