sarah_2891
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Not trying to start a war but I've been keeping fish for like 8 years now and I swear half the help threads I read boil down to the same thing: too much food going in, not enough coming out.
I did it too. First year I had a 29g I fed twice a day because the fish "looked hungry" and I couldn't figure out why my nitrates kept climbing no matter how many water changes I did. Turned out I was basically running a soup kitchen. Cut it to once a day, skipped a day every week, and the algae just... chilled out. Didn't change anything else. Same light, same filter, same stocking.
Worst part is the food companies know. "Feed 2-3 times daily" on the can is a sales tactic, not fishkeeping advice. Your fish will act starving 4 minutes after you feed them. That's just what fish do.
Anyway not saying overfeeding is the only answer ever, obviously you can have bad tap water or a crashed cycle or whatever. But if your params are drifting and you can't figure out why, honestly just look at how much you're dumping in there before you go buy another chemical.
How often is everyone actually feeding? Curious if I'm the weird one for doing once a day.