Okay, well, here is the latest update:
Despite the small change we have noticed, We decided to really start over, do a massive water change like 95%.
I decided to do this for various reasons. First, I had added CopperSafe to my tank to kill these unsightly worms. This medication was in my water and I wnated to remove it.
I also was afraid that any leftover worms or parasties might be on decorations, so I wante dto remove all of them, put them in chlorine, and wash them well.
I had also added Stress zyme to the tank, unclear whether this helped.
I had greyish, particles on decorations; someone told me that it was just a type of algae, or something that started with a "d", and it really started to effect the appearance of our tank, so I removedthe decorations when I emptied the water, scrubbed them well.
Alot of debris coming thru the siphon when removing water, didn't look good at all, so we got rid of alot of that. We also had a little too much gravel, more then 60lbs and it was way too much, would make it too diffcult to clean with the siphon, and I never did like the color. It was too bright, I wanted to replace it with darker colored gravel. So i also removed almost half of the gravel.
So right now, we have effectively started over. I added three goldfish to the tank, and will cycle with this method. |