StockEwe49 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Hi everyone, I did not see many posts already made on this topic so, I wanted to get everyone's opinions on fasting your fish. Maybe one day of the week. Does anyone do this and what improvements do you see because of this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) I used to do this and there was no reason really why I stopped. I think partly because I am NOT an overfeeder. I might be an underfeeder if anything. They get fed 1x a day and just enough that they all seem to get a little bit. Fasting in general has been purportedly credited with prolonging lifespans, boosting metabolism, helping cardiac health, reducing inflammation. That's for us, but you can imagine if our fish were in the wild (as we were once lol) it could have benefits for them as well that may be similar- especially for those of us that do overfeed our tanks for one reason or another. At the very least it helps clear their digestive tract. My personal observation when doing the 1 day fasting not being an overfeeder is my tank does stay cleaner (less waste either from what little food they didn't eat to them well, expelling what they don't use). With some species like say Guppies, they tend to pick off the substrate and plants, algae etc so they find "other things" to eat- again cleaner tank. Edited January 30, 2022 by xXInkedPhoenixX Typos are lame 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzDaddy21 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 6:39 PM, StockEwe49 said: Hi everyone, I did not see many posts already made on this topic so, I wanted to get everyone's opinions on fasting your fish Is this about not feeding for a day. I have not done that, although maybe 1 less feeding. Baby guppies want fed a lot.🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockEwe49 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 @BuzzDaddy21 Yes it is, and I do have to agree I think you would not fast fry @xXInkedPhoenixX I feel like I am probably an overfeeder so it may help, thanks for the insight into the benefits! I wonder if Cory has done a video on this or would considering doing one on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 @StockEwe49 haven't seen one at least on the non channel member side. Would be neat if he did that for members or not if there was a Veterinary expert on the benefits. If there's even any scientific research with aquarium fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockEwe49 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 @xXInkedPhoenixXThere actually was a Veterinarian on the most recent talk for members only! I will try to look into any research into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 it may happen once in a blue moon in my tanks, but i dont intentionally do it. if you are a heavy feeder, maybe there's something to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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