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you are overfeeding the gf. cut that back to 2 mouthfuls once a day
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I have to disagree with this. The goldfish people are buying are young
rapidly growing fish. Two mouthfuls once a day is nowhere near enough to
grow healthy goldfish. Where is the variety to make sure they get complete
nutrition? The oranges and greens? The thawed bloodworms? These are
aquarium fish, not pond fish who can find food among the pond plants and
snatch bugs and insects that fall into the water.

Overfeeding is when there is so much food per feeding the fish can't eat it
all and it rots on the bottom. Keeping nitrates low can be done with
partial water changes. I feed my GF two or three times a day and the only
problem I've had are algae problems - the fish remain healthy and are
growing rapidly.
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