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My pond snails lay on the glass and on plants, under water. On the glass they usually look like a gelatinous comma, about 5mm long and 2 thick, with 20 or thirty white dots. The only other (macro)animal in the tank is some zebra danios and a few glass shrimp. Neither shows any interest in the...

I just came down a similar path, oddly enough. Got a 29, put in a few plants and upgraded to the 55W light. Only thing, I didn't start to dose Excel. I got black beard algea. When I cut my light schedule and started dosing DIY CO2, that gave way to green fuzz/green hair algae. So I guess my...

FWIW, the Prime product I've been using as a dechlorinator also (claims to) 'detoxify' ammonia. The label says that ammonia will still test positive after use of that product. Perhaps safestart does something similar?