Tank water cleanliness

Moments before spontaneously combusting Jolly Fisherman at
was heard opining:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:13:57 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:


wrote in message
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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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I think the idea is to limit feeding until the OP can get a larger
tank that is fully cycled. Feeding 2 GF for 3 mins 3x a day in a new
2 gal tank is way too much.

This is true but I was talking "in general".... and not specifically
referring to this particular OP's set-up. Let's hope the OP bought a larger
tank or returned the GF to the store.

The OP needs to cut it back immediately
and continue water changes until a more ideal, sustainable situation
can be attained.
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Aquariums since 1952
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