Can you feed fish too much?
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mine are fat too, the leopard wrasse looks more like a soccerball than a fish. I have a fasting day every week, that seems to help. They don't know when they are full and fish can overeat at a single time and cause themselves medical issues. Are you overfeeding by accident or to get past the aggressive ones to the slower ones?
Nitrates are high but its a fowlr. Maybe I need to slow down on feeding. Theres no aggression issue and everyone gets fed. I am trying to fatten up the blonde naso, and in the process, every other fish is getting fat except the naso. I guess my next question is are the nasos slow growers? Thanks!
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That's a good thing though. .. tangs can take a beating, idols can dish out but not take it. My tang killed my idol after about 6 months of being together.
Back on track to the thread just think about it like people over eating, same thing. Just like mentioned before for the most part fish just don't know when to stop eating
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Back on track to the thread just think about it like people over eating, same thing. Just like mentioned before for the most part fish just don't know when to stop eating
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Can fish get too fat & die of obesity? Possibly, but unlikely. More common is undernourished fish getting too weak to fight off ich. I consider polluting the water bad husbandry, not overfeeding. & like people fish can be fat but undernourished, or under-excersised. Have u seen how fat fish are in the wild?
Hey SCR, my sailfin and a few of my other fishes are getting fat. I personally like them fuller, but I just wanted to see if anyone lost a fish due to obesity. I have some pics but it was hard to catch them at a good angle.
Thoughts? Thanks!
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The last i check my nitrates were high but this was when i was treating the ich problem. I havent checked for nitrates recently but ive been doing 20% wc every 3 weeks. They look happy and hungry all the time. I just set up a refugium today with some chaeto that organism hooked me up with last week.
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It's a FOWLR. How much are you even feeding? And what are you feeding. If you're just constantly keeping the seaweed clipped on the glass that's fine. If you just toss in a pinch of pellets 5-8 times a day that is also fine.. Spiralina Brine is great for tangs. It all depends what you're feeding.
Unless your nitrate level is causing algae growth, I wouldn't start to feed less.. Your fish enjoy eating. To answer your question if it's too much... you could over too the protein and give them too much meat. But if you want to keep your tangs fed, just keep up with seaweed.
Unless your nitrate level is causing algae growth, I wouldn't start to feed less.. Your fish enjoy eating. To answer your question if it's too much... you could over too the protein and give them too much meat. But if you want to keep your tangs fed, just keep up with seaweed.
