"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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The others are doing so-so. They seem to be slow moving.
I stopped feeding hopefully to help the ammonia level also,
as a water change was done this pm.
Bruce

Sometimes a water change can be detrimental. I know in the real old days
it
was said to do water changes when problems occur, but now we know if there
is ammonia in the water and we do a water change with water of a higher pH
we make the situation worst. Better is to check your pH if you have
ammonia
showing, if your pH is 7.5 and your changing water is same or less, then
by
all means do the change. Better though is to use a product that detoxs the
ammonia before doing the water changes. Amquel or Chloram-X are two
products that will dechlor and detox ammonia. Use salt to keep brown blood
disease from happening when the nitrites start showing up. ~ jan

Not quite.....this happens if you have non-toxic AmmoniUM in the water. If
you then raise the Kh of the water then this releases Ammonia which, as we
all know is not good for your fish. Not sure whether most ammonia test kits
will even detect Ammonium or not so you may not be able to even know its
there. If your Ph drops into the 6s then its possible but not definite that
it will start to build up. In the aquarium world its referred to as "Old
tank syndrome"

HTH

I.