Thanks to everyone who responded. I've been doing partial water
changes everyday since "the incident" and the fish don't seem to be
suffering. I've also vacuumed the gravel the other night, and will
probably do so again either on the weekend, or just following it.

I'm also feeding the fish on their regular schedule. Based on the
responses I received I now see that there is no need to force
fasting on themi, especially as it might only cause them extra stress
that they probably don't need right about now. :-)

Anyhow, thanks again. In the meantime, I'll just keep up with the
extra water changes, and keeping an eye on the fish. If there's any
change out of the ordinary at least I'll know where to ask for help.

Also, I've taken the liberty of moving my food supplies for the
fish...once again. It keeps getting harder and harder to keep
things out of my two year old's reach. I don't remember her older
sister being such a little monkey. Ah well, my fault for lapsing in
keeping an eye on my own kids. :-)

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W. Steven Schneider