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tameem · 05-03-2008, 02:20 PM

Thank you so much for that great helpful information!

Here is an update:

For the first time ever, I noticed that when testing the water this morning that my nitrite is now at .25. Ammonia appears to still be at the same level, unchanged, around 2 or 4ppm. This is great news because we were talking of just starting over and going with a regular cycle with fish.

I stopped using Amquel+ at least two weeks ago and now use Stress Coat as my water conditioner.
To ensure accurate temperature reading, I actually affixed 3 other LCD thermometers (which is over kill) one on the farthest end from the heater and another on the other side of the heater. My temp is currently set to 83, and all thermomters are showing 82 right now.

The powerheard I bought is located just under the surface of the water and the nozzle is pointing at an angle up towards the water surface. I also have one of those bubble wands.

Two things we noticed this past week:
Little squiggly worms swimming around, not many of them at all, but enough to cause disgust for us. I decided to use CopperSafe and now they are all dead. I can actually see them clumped together floating around near the surface.

We also noticed what we thought there were other worms on decor, but rather greyish type particles floating around and settling on the surfaces of the decorations, any level surface basically, plant leaves, rocks, etc. I have no idea what this is, Im lead to believe maybe it's from the floss filter media, since the color is blueish? But I dont know. They just started to appear.
Prior to this, I added 10 lbs (now total of 65lbs) of gravel which I washed well as I normal do before adding it.

I also added Stress Zyme at around the same time, one of those small bottles. We would like to remove the decorations and clean the debris.

Any thoughts, responses??

Thanks.

05-03-2008, 02:20 PM	#20 (permalink)
tameem Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver Posts: 59	Thank you so much for that great helpful information! Here is an update: For the first time ever, I noticed that when testing the water this morning that my nitrite is now at .25. Ammonia appears to still be at the same level, unchanged, around 2 or 4ppm. This is great news because we were talking of just starting over and going with a regular cycle with fish. I stopped using Amquel+ at least two weeks ago and now use Stress Coat as my water conditioner. To ensure accurate temperature reading, I actually affixed 3 other LCD thermometers (which is over kill) one on the farthest end from the heater and another on the other side of the heater. My temp is currently set to 83, and all thermomters are showing 82 right now. The powerheard I bought is located just under the surface of the water and the nozzle is pointing at an angle up towards the water surface. I also have one of those bubble wands. Two things we noticed this past week: Little squiggly worms swimming around, not many of them at all, but enough to cause disgust for us. I decided to use CopperSafe and now they are all dead. I can actually see them clumped together floating around near the surface. We also noticed what we thought there were other worms on decor, but rather greyish type particles floating around and settling on the surfaces of the decorations, any level surface basically, plant leaves, rocks, etc. I have no idea what this is, Im lead to believe maybe it's from the floss filter media, since the color is blueish? But I dont know. They just started to appear. Prior to this, I added 10 lbs (now total of 65lbs) of gravel which I washed well as I normal do before adding it. I also added Stress Zyme at around the same time, one of those small bottles. We would like to remove the decorations and clean the debris. Any thoughts, responses?? Thanks.