David,
I just read your entry on the water - I went through this about 2 months ago - right after the hatch. Our ammonia start jumping when the fish started being fed - I think the shock of extra food and waste was too much at one time for the filtration system to handle it.
I tried ammo chips and a couple other things to lower the ammonia, but nothing worked. Finally, I bought a bottle of "Ammolock" at the pet store - treated the tank for 7 days as it said on the bottle, and we have not had a problem since - that was back in December.
Whatever it did, it stabilized the tank. We are feeding pretty heavily with about 200 fish, so I know there is a lot of waste in the tank, but with the water changes, we've been stable.
Our water is a little discolored, also - tea-colored. I think it may be from the food - the food is really "rich," and I think a bi-product of it is that it is coloring the water. I say this, because if you look at the tank, you might think something is wrong - but, the water is perfect when we test it.... I don't know - just an observation!
Hope this helps!
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Mark and David,
The other school with 200 fish, Athens-Chilesburg Elementary, also has colored water.
We started the ammolock treatment yesterday after a 40% water change. dlt
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