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OK, now I'm a Dad and my daughter wins a goldfish at the local fair..a year later she wins another and then gets bored so we by more fish, so I go from a 5 gallon tank, to a 16 gallon tank and now a 29 gallon tank. Now anyone who knows fish, knows just how dirty goldfish are, they're the worst. I was feeding a tank of about four goldfish, two fantails two tiger barbs once a day with Tetra Goldfish Flakes and later Tetra Goldfish Tropical Crisps. The fish love the Tetra Flakes and especially the crisps but despite my best efforts at filtration, the water would start to discolor after a few days and I wound up doing weekly water changes of about 50%. I tried different filtering media in my three stage filtering system, I upgraded the pump to get more water moving through the system and despite everything, cloudy dull water after 7 days.. Now, I'm just a Dad, not a fish expert, but one night I tell my wife we're out of flake food and she brings home this Wardley food. After a water change I began feeding them once a day the Wardley flakes and Voila! no dirty water!!! Now, to be fair, one of the other things I did was change out a faulty clogged airstone and increased the circulation in my tank with a circulation pump. Since I change the filter media I could see that the fish were producing about a third less waste using the Wardley food, so the combination of the right food, good water circulation and proper aeration were the keys to my success. Thanks to my lovely wife for not knowing what to buy, in this case it was a winner! Listen, I was close to spending about $160 on an external large 5-stage filtration system so keying in on the "right ingredients" saved me a bundle. Note that I also recommend using Tetra Easy Balance Plus once a week to maintain the water's ph level and take care of the build-up of nitrates. I also use Fluval Zero-Carb Ammonia remover (goldfish waste produces a lot of ammonia so it's good to have something specifically to combat that) and carbon in my filter system with one stage of coarse filter media to catch the big waste and two stages of the Marineland blue filter media to get the rest along with some ceramic rings for growing a bacteria colony to clean the water.. and just remember, it all started by spending $5 at a country fair to win a 29-cent goldfish..what we do for the love of our children!
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