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Originally Posted by Nate
And that is why without the bio pellets your nitrates go up so quickly.
Need to be over feeding like mad to get that kinda population.
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I'm gonna be looking closely at just how much food the worms are eating vs the fish today, or at least looking in to foods that don't sink straight to bottom when the pumps are off. I barely had any bristle worms in my old 90 gallon, but I left all the pumps running when I fed that tank, so nothing ever sat on the bottom long enough for them to grab it. I've always followed the 2 min rule, but upped it to the 5 min rule (only feed as much as your fish can eat in 2 or 5 min) when I got fish that were slow eaters and preferred to pick off rocks. However, I'm starting to think that the reason there's no more food left in the tank after 5 min is because these guys are eating it! If it's not getting to my fish anyway, it's wasted money.