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aquarist may reduce the effects of this by water changing, or'by
constant, heavy filtration, but this does not solve the basic problem
and only makes 'morework. Many potentially good aquarists are lost
from the hobbybecause they simply do not understand this problem
and do not realise that the cause of much of the trouble they exper—
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ience maintaining their aquaria may quite simply be a result of incorrect feeding.
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The solution to the problem, then, is either to feed the fish often
but with only as much food as will be completely consumed in a
short while, or to use
foods which stay alive ‘until eatenor at least
do not deteriorate quickly and do not become inaccessible. The
.
fish should be kept just slightly hungry so that they will search for
food between feeds and will take the trouble to dig out Odd pieces
frOm crevices, thus generally helping to keep the environment clean.
The environment’s capacity for Completing the nitrogen cycle is
usually fully taken up
in dealing With the fishes’ wastes, and ideally
_
should never be called
to
deal with uneaten food. Of course,
sOme food will always "escape the fish no matter how careful the
‘
may be, but this amount
be SO small thatits effects
_
ïare' negligible. Certainly many people put so much food into aquaria
that more isleft uneaten than -is consumed, and this Situation causes ‘
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the greater propo”rtiOn of all trouble'sencounteréd by the novice.
Children and visitOrs must never be
to feed the fish for
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amuSenient
invariably_ are heavy—handedin the cause of wellmeant
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irievitably suffer from unedu_cated'feeding and then create the im—
among“ the general public that fishkeeping isi dirtyand
srhelly and requires constant Work
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