Poor lab :(

First 24hr fast for my labs and they're breaking my heart. One of the big ones is swimming straight upwards like a dolphin begging for a treat





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Lol I fasted my cardinal for the first time on Sunday and yesterday I woke up to them swimming quite excited in the front of the tank when I woke up hahaha

I was informed it's good to fast them once a week to help digestion

 

Thats what I heard as well. My fish get fed 2x a day, and fast 1 time a week. I haven't been doing any fast for the past 2 weeks. Its hard denying them of food.

 

I fast mine once or twice a week i try to keep the feeding schedule random but the little buggers pig out on eggs and baby shrimp. in fact they probably wouldn't realize if i didn't feed them for a week.

 

every meal I feed a mix of tropical flakes, dried brine shrimp crushed, dash of bloodworms (once a day), and small cichlid pellets. The cichlid pellets are target fed, but my piggy black mollies get a few.

Right before I go to bed I grind up 2 small algae wafers for the common peco 2 times a week.

 

I don't plan on keeping him. He was a dollar and figured he'd be happy in our 55g for now and later on I can sell him to a mom and pop fish store. we also figured he'd make a good test run on how the tiger barbs and cichlids get along with his type. Oddly enough he seems invisible to the other fish.

As for feeding the plec, its very difficult getting food to him without other fish taking it from him.

 

Actually I found several people who would buy him when he is bigger. Lfs said roughly 20 dollars depending on size and condition. It'd be in store credit.


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