Overfed fish!!!

[SpaceFish42]

I was away for a week and left my family to take care of my fish. I had done a water change before I left and wrote very clear feeding instructions, so I thought everything would be fine. But I came home to find two dead danios and one dead guppy and the rest with bulging stomachs! I felt like screaming!!! So, should I be worried about the remaining fish? Will it negatively impact the fish/tank, or will they be fine?

 

[Delapool]

Should balance out. Bit bigger water change next time. Stern talking to the fish for being greedy

Even with an automated feeder here I seem to have a fish lost every time I take a holiday.

 

[IllusionX]

I heard you could just not feed your fish for a week and they'd still be fine.

 

[Alexwm125]

All I do is a large pwc and feed a little more than usual right before I go. Never had an issue. Lights on timers.

I've definitely had not the best of experiences when asking people to watch a tank for me....long time ago but I left for 2 weeks one time so I asked them to do one water change and feed them a few times when they could. I explained everything extremely thoroughly and I came home to ALL of my fish dead. No dechlorinator.....ughhhh


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10g Betta

 

[Delapool]

I heard you could just not feed your fish for a week and they'd still be fine.

I've thought about it but the plants would be shredded. I run the auto feeder at a light dose.

It's possible the temp gets one as we go away for a week over summer and coming back the tank is usually over 86F (30C).

 

[SpaceFish42]

I wanted to just not feed the fish while I was gone, but they seem to think that the fish have to be fed as often as possible. I tried explaining about how underfeeding is better than overfeeding, but... ? So they should be okay?

 

[Alexwm125]

Yeah they should be all good. Just maybe skip for a few days and see how they are. If they keep staying fat maybe feed just a shelled pea to get things going. Over feeding can cause them to back up.


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10g Betta

 

[katiekelsey]

Next time you leave hide all of the fish food. Leave only a very small amount for them to feed the fish.

 

[ImACoolguy]

I'm going on a vacation in a few weeks for a week and someone is coming over to watch the house I really hope nothing bad happens while I'm gone... Lights already run on timers and going to leave a very very very detailed sheet explaining feeding.


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[PassengerTN]

Best thing I have found is portion out food ahead of time and hide the rest where it cannot be found.

 

[philipraposo198]

Plenty of people over feed fish to get them conditioned for spawning. If fed the right food with proper conditions overfeeding is not that bad at all.

 

[Canary bird]

I've just had the same done to me, it's taken a week of gradual reductions and now we are back to Normal feeding .. And my recently adopted betta is now in a qt tank suffering with bloat and I presume dropsy poor boy..
I have been advised by several friends to buy a weekly pill box for each tank and add the amount of food needed daily.. Great idea so before I forgot I went out and bought 2 .
So I'm now keeping my fingers crossed my poor betta recovers he's almost 2 yrs old ..


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[Finian]

The pill box is a brilliant idea!

45 gal. freshwater and 10 gal. female betta tanks

 

[em1981ma]

All I do is a large pwc and feed a little more than usual right before I go. Never had an issue. Lights on timers.

I've definitely had not the best of experiences when asking people to watch a tank for me....long time ago but I left for 2 weeks one time so I asked them to do one water change and feed them a few times when they could. I explained everything extremely thoroughly and I came home to ALL of my fish dead. No dechlorinator.....ughhhh


29g Community

10g Betta

Wow god knows how my fancies survived then, when I was a kid I didnt use dechlorinator for 3yrs!!!?? Horrifies me now as an adult

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