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.

If you had pure water you wouldn't ave algae. You have ammonia, nitrites and
nitrates.

There is no uneaten food. I know how much they'll eat at a feeding. As for
feces.... well what's the alternative?

Feed way less. Do you really think fish in the wild have full belles 3x a day?

Most wild caught fish look rather emaciated.

Think of aliens keeping humans as pets. "Well, they were kinda thin when
I got them so I fed them till they were visibly distended several times
a day. Can anybody tell me why it's hard to keep their cage clean?"

The danger of overfeeding is not just uneaten food. Plus what's i the
food? Soy? Do you really thin fish eat soy four in the while or have
evolved to be able to digest it?

I feed whitewormd exclusively, and very sparingly. Ansk anybody and they'll
tell you this makes fish fat. Oddly though, I've been doing this for 7 years
not and my fish look more like the slender ones in wild caught photos. I believe
white worms in the presence of soy flour makes fish fat.

If it were me I'd feed them once a day every other day. It only sounds cruel
until you realise the fish are more active and the tank is cleaner. And the
algae problem diminishes.


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