Automatic feeding!?

mathchris said:
If fish can go for two weeks without food & you overfeed your fish & you've already purchased two auto feeders & fish don't need to be fed with consistency... why did you buy another $40 auto feeder? Not judging, I just don't want to admit this hobby is as expensive as everyone wants it to be.
Cr.
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Because Kasakato said its the "upper limit" of how long they can go without food. I'd rather be safe than sorry. And the automatic feeders I have are trash and I am returning them.

As far as expensive goes, I only have about $150 invested in my 55 gallon tank. That includes the entire tank setup, fish, test chemicals, the feeder I just purchased, and some other stuff. (Tank and fish were free) :)
 
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I'm not sure two weeks is the upper limit of how long fish can go without food... I personally am not comfortable letting them go without food for much longer than that, but I don't have any hard and fast information about how much longer they can go without food before suffering ill effects.

On a separate note, lots of us have equipment that we bought at various stages in the hobby... as we learn more, some stuff is less important (like the UV unit I have sitting in a box) than it once seemed. This hobby doesn't have to be expensive, but much of what novices face is being told to buy product X if you're having a certain kind of problem. Rarely, though, is product X really needed... live and learn...

Jim
 
Young fish probably need food more often. Mature fish could probably withstand longer periods withough fish, but fry and younger fish need food more often since they are still developing. Two weeks would be the limit for younger fish.

I wouldn't worry about not feeding your fish for two weeks.
 
Ahhh, I did not consider a return policy, very nice. Plus the digital readout is in fact super cool. I wonder if you are returning the autofeeder I use. It dispences vastly different amounts of food every time it turns. My fish are fat.
 
JSchmidt said:
I'm not sure two weeks is the upper limit of how long fish can go without food... I personally am not comfortable letting them go without food for much longer than that, but I don't have any hard and fast information about how much longer they can go without food before suffering ill effects.

On a separate note, lots of us have equipment that we bought at various stages in the hobby... as we learn more, some stuff is less important (like the UV unit I have sitting in a box) than it once seemed. This hobby doesn't have to be expensive, but much of what novices face is being told to buy product X if you're having a certain kind of problem. Rarely, though, is product X really needed... live and learn...

Jim
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Can you recommend a good CHEAP test kit system? The ones I see are like $10 for each element (i.e. $10 for ammonia, $10 for Nitrite, etc.)
 
I use dip strips that are 5-in-1 tests. Tests for nitrite, nitrate, pH, GH and KH.

Some people will tell you they're not good, but don't believe them. If the strips are kept dry and are used before they're expiration date, they're plenty accurate for most general freshwater testing. Several of us here, at different times, have done head-to-head testing and found very good correspondence between the dip strips and other varieties of tests. (If the strips get old or damp, though, they become innaccurate.)

I've used several varieties, including Jungle's and Mardel's. They seemed pretty equivalent.

Jim
 
JSchmidt said:
I use dip strips that are 5-in-1 tests. Tests for nitrite, nitrate, pH, GH and KH.

Some people will tell you they're not good, but don't believe them. If the strips are kept dry and are used before they're expiration date, they're plenty accurate for most general freshwater testing. Several of us here, at different times, have done head-to-head testing and found very good correspondence between the dip strips and other varieties of tests. (If the strips get old or damp, though, they become innaccurate.)

I've used several varieties, including Jungle's and Mardel's. They seemed pretty equivalent.

Jim
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Some one a while ago posted about that. The ammonia was fine, the nitrite was a bit off, and the nitrates was wack o. Im sticking with my liquid test kit.
 
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