When I have a female mbuna alone in a 10 gallon aquarium while she is holding eggs and not being fed, the nitrate level still climbs. Surely there is some ammonia being produced by respiration, urine.
Too many water changes a bad thing?
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That's because they have been fed and still excrete ammonia...nitrogen doesn't just magically appear, which was Karl's point.
7itanium: I am curious as to which plecos you have cared for and in which size tanks (and how long they lived). There is no such thing as a healthy fish that grows to the size of their home. Show us some proof and maybe we will believe you...google search "stunting" and I'm positive you'll see how incorrect your statement was.
Yes, but the nitrogen atoms have to come from somewhere. In this case, from metabolism of protein already in the fish whilst it fasts. Ultimately, from the food put in.
I raise the point because the way some people talk you'd think that some fish somehow created massive amounts of ammonia from nowhere.
