"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

"jazz" wrote in message
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I'm glad it's not just me that finds this difficult. So is it just
water changes if I overfeed? My son said they would pop if they ate
too much - he's only 5(!) and I said that I didn't think they would but
it worried me slightly.
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I feed them until they all have nicely rounded bellies. Not that they
look
like balloons, but until they look a bit rounded. I feed twice a day,
sometimes 3 times - all they can consume per time. Nothing is wasted.

Yet oddly you have algae anf high nitrates. Hmmmm....

Uneaten food causes cloudy water. So does lots of fish wastes.
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What high Nitrates? We *don't know* what the Nitrates in my tanks really
are because the Quick-Sticks are worthless. I get 20ppm from the tap and
the water co gets .34ppm (that's POINT .34ppm) when it leaves the water
plant a few miles away.

There is no uneaten food. I know how much they'll eat at a feeding. As for
feces.... well what's the alternative?
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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