What's the longest you've gone without feeding your fish?

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

What's the longest you've gone without feeding your fish? Mine was 2 weeks because of being out of town. Everyone was fine and healthy when I got back. My suspicion is that there's enough food in a mature tank that the fish would probably be fine for a good while if I didn't feed at all (not that I'm planning to test that theory).

 

[Crabs McJones]

I've never gone more than 2 days. I wonder if I could go longer.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I want to say overnite but then again, I have an AFS auto feeder so theyre constantly getting something to eat

 

[S2G]

I could go a week if I didn't have an eel. They like to take matters into their own fins if you don't keep them fed.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Going to Kauai in April to propose to my lady...I have to find someone to watch the tank for a week. I wish they could go a week but I don't want to take the risk. Plus my ATO will need to be topped off. Longest I've ever gone was two days.

 

[WVNed]

6 days

 

[S2G]

6 days

...and 23hrs 59min

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

I’ve never skipped more than a day. I have a friend feeds the fish whenever he comes to feed the cat.

 

[jrill]

A week.

 

[THillPSU]

What is the longest you have gone without feeding your dog?

 

[Hemmdog]

5 days

 

[Jaredg1]

I have a pair of percs, pair of black clowns, couple of pseudo’s and a Klein’s butterfly and I don’t feed my tank at all. Reef has been established for over 8 years. All are healthy.

 

[Hemmdog]

I have a pair of percs, pair of black clowns, couple of pseudo’s and a Klein’s butterfly and I don’t feed my tank at all. Reef has been established for over 8 years. All are healthy.

What?! Lol. When is the last time you fed? Pics?

 

[Sarlindescent]

My longest was 11 days, FW and SW. My FW angels started eating my tetras, tank was about 50 tetras lighter. SW was fine.

 

[RP709]

4 days with current stock but typically they get feed daily, I think it depends on exactly what fish you have. If you have fish that actively hunt for food it makes sense to feed less but if you have lazy fish they depend on regular meals.

 

[Devaji]

I have a pair of percs, pair of black clowns, couple of pseudo’s and a Klein’s butterfly and I don’t feed my tank at all. Reef has been established for over 8 years. All are healthy.

maybe he feeds his fish and not the tank...lol

 

[andrewkw]

While I have gone longer than 3 days if I am away that long I would want someone to at least physically check on the tank at which time they could defrost a per-portioned amount of food. I'm fully confident they could go a couple of weeks without food, there is lots in the tank to eat but if someone is checking on them they might as well get food too.

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

I have a pair of percs, pair of black clowns, couple of pseudo’s and a Klein’s butterfly and I don’t feed my tank at all. Reef has been established for over 8 years. All are healthy.

How does that work? Lol

 

[Malifry97]

I have a pair of percs, pair of black clowns, couple of pseudo’s and a Klein’s butterfly and I don’t feed my tank at all. Reef has been established for over 8 years. All are healthy.

Elaborate please...LOL

 

[jurgenph]

two weeks. give or take a day.

J.