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James

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Sep 9, 2008, 11:10:12 AM9/9/08
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Is there any type of food to get for cichlids for us going on a three day
vacation? Thanks...

James

Jim Anderson

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Sep 9, 2008, 2:02:52 PM9/9/08
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<NcidnSak248SDFvV...@posted.nuvoxcommunications>,
jgr...@clarksvilleimaging.com says...

> Is there any type of food to get for cichlids for us going on a three day
> vacation? Thanks...
>
> James

If fairly well grown and healthy, they can starve for a week with little
or no bad effects.

The meat eaters should be starved for a couple of days every month to
clean them out.

DevilsPGD

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Sep 9, 2008, 6:12:53 PM9/9/08
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In message <MPG.2330761c8...@news.frontiernet.net> Jim
Anderson <fro...@frontiernet.my_finger.net> wrote:

>In article
><NcidnSak248SDFvV...@posted.nuvoxcommunications>,
>jgr...@clarksvilleimaging.com says...
>> Is there any type of food to get for cichlids for us going on a three day
>> vacation? Thanks...
>>
>> James
>
>If fairly well grown and healthy, they can starve for a week with little
>or no bad effects.

Indeed. We have teenage kids that are supposed to feed the fish while
we're out of town, but at best they'll do one massive over-feeding a
week or so unless nagged constantly.

Having done several 1-2 week trips, we've only lost one fish and he had
a tumour growing, so I wouldn't qualify him as healthy to begin with, my
bet is that the other fish would have killed him food or not.

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