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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
The fish basically need to be fed everyday. But there are a number of different things you can do for the weekends or off days. Automatic feeders, weekend feeding blocks, or throw in some zucchini or cucumber. Any one of those things or a combination will more than suffice. What kind of fish were you thinking about getting?
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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Unless fish are aggressive, you don't need to feed them every day.
I've left livebearer tanks without food while on 4 and 5-day vacations.
Fish can go a long time without food.
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Hmm, information like this is useful.
As far as the type of fish, we had settled on "pretty and entertaining to watch". The woman at the aquarium shop did not wish to help us get more specific within this category, and told us "it wasn't her job to teach us", among other things.