Office fish tanks - no food on weekends

[Eleonora]

Hi everyone,

I'm quite excited over the prospect of purchasing a small tank for my desk in my office, but I'm concerned about the fish not getting a feed over the weekend. Will they last without food for 2 days? Would I need an automatic feeder? Or holiday food blocks?

Anyone had any experience or ideas?

 

[pufferdude]

They should be fine for two days.

 

[Spat_si]

yep 2 days is no biggie.

 

[jams.alaskan]

For years I have been keeping fish tanks in classrooms. They are not fed on the weekends. I don't even break this tradition if I'm stopping by to care for fry on saturday or sunday. Any tiny fry food that escapes the breeder is up for grabs of course but I would hardly call it a meal. I've noticed that I have long lived fish as well. It's possible that this weekly fast may be a contributer to my good fortune

I would suggest that you not be concerned at all about leaving for the weekend - they will just be that much "happier" to see you on monday

There may be certain fish that can't take the change in schedule but I couldn't speak to that.

ALASKA

 

[Doggfather]

the fish will do fine...it will probably be doing them good, if anything, clearing out their system

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

i have learnt that most fish can go weeks with out feeding... but dont try it.. i have moved my routeen to 1 every 3 days.. god do they jump.... if you have real plants they wont be there long...

oh ya if you dont feed them to often then they will also eat most of the algae in the tank.

but if you want good strong health fish. you need to feed then every day with only live food.

but only give enough that each fish gets 3 to 5 worms each. if they missout one day they wont miss out the next day.

 

[drobbins27]

There are always automatic feeder

*Edit* Feeder, no filter my bad

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

There are always automatic filters

thing is they can go wrong. and you turn up and all your fish are dead due to over feeding or it has not feeded them at all. a fast is good for every one. in the wild they dont get food every day. Remember lots of the fish you get here have come from the wild

 

[susangc]

I've been keeping fish in the office just fine. Bettas can go for several days without food. My oto is nice and plump -- I feed Mitty one algae tab per day during the week and then leave her(?) to clean up the tank algae over the weekend. Because she's the only algae eater in the tank, a week is long enough for little bits of soft algae to accumulate, enough to keep her going just fine.

Susan

 

[vantgE]

younger fish need to be fed more regulary so a more mature fish may be better, however most to all younger fish should work especially ones that would fit in a small tank

 

[Eleonora]

Wonderful people!

This issue was the only thing I was concerned about. Now I can go shopping for a tank!