Yes, I, for the 5+ years I have been keeping an aquarium, this aquarium for over 4 years, with 40 inches worth of fish with no problems, changing the water about once a month, I did go about 6 weeks that I did not change the water...didn't seem to have any problems, but, it was after I began to change the water again that I found I did have a problem...so it was coming, or already there, I just had not realized it, for I was not taking any readings. I made another
water change last night, about 30%, added more ammo lock, this morning the readings (using the same Jungle Quick Dip 5 tests in one strip ) are nitrate still very low, perhaps 5-10, as it is just a barely perceptable pink tint. Nitrite has continued to be 0, throughout all the increased ammonia readings. Total
alkalinity KH is still 40. (it was normally at the 'ideal' of 120)
pH is 6.8 ; I read that false readings of ammonia can continue after treating with Ammo Lock. I am still getting the same blue green color, it is a dark hue, like comparable with the danger shade of green (It is on the Jungle Quick Dip for Ammonia that the colors on the comparison chart are off, the 5 in 1 test strips match well...but, I don't know if they are accurate for how they measure!) I will raise the temperature. I did not know the fish could take the temp that high, thanks. So should I continue to treat with the Quick Cure, or stop using it and just keep the temp raised for the two week duration? I am not exceeding the one inch per gal limit, the fish length totals 37, and it's a 40 gal tank. I did, however, have Rainbows and more cherry barbs for one week at totaling 46...I took them back before I realized I had a problem going on... Thanks for your help.