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	Can feeder blocks kill fish?
monicalewis Small Fry Posts: 7 Kudos: 6 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Sep-2004	I put a small vacation feeder block in my 5-gal tank containing 4 healthy cherry barbs. Three days later all were dead. The filter was running. I have used this product once before with no problem. Do you think there is a connection?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	It won't kill your fish directly, but it will produce amonnia and other nasties, that in a confined space like a 5 gallon, will kill your fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	monicalewis I fully agree with Djtj regarding using those feeding blocks. It would possibly ok in a larger tank but certainly not a small tank. The fish would have survived well with no food for a few days. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yep, the feeder blocks are a waste of money. There are lots of fish that don't like them, so many blocks remain uneaten. Once a block has been sitting in a tank for long enough, it starts to decompose. That leads to ammonia entering your water, and ammonia is not on a fish's menu. It (and/or nitrite or nitrate converted by bacteria) will build up in your water and quite possibly kill fish. To add insult to injury, these things often cloud up the tank water. Fish can easily go for a few days without eating. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Fish can go at least 7 days or longer without food. I'd say even 2 weeks. 3 days just leave as is.. Longer then a week then arrange for someone to feed your fish one small pinch a day, even give a pill container with the daily amount. If gone for 2 weeks let them go one week without and one week someone feeding. The prob with feeder blocks is it never all dissolves/gets eaten and just creates excess waste in the tank that does more harm then good. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35


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