No i wrote that depending on the size and number of the fish and the size of the tank, it could take a long time before you register any results.
Then I may have been thinking of another member's response; I could have sworn that someone, at some point (and NOT the Seachem rep who I am going to talk about in a moment) here advised me that two small fish in a tank so relatively large cannot do the job.
At any rate, in going back through this thread and looking at the various back-and-forths, I discovered that it was being suggested that perhaps I was doing "two cycle methods" once I introduced fish in the midst of the Stability treatment; but what happened was, after conversing with the Seachem rep, I was advised that adding Stability to an empty tank without any living organisms in it wasn't doing anything. That's essentially why we went out and bought fish; I was basically advised to.
I suppose that's neither here nor there now, as we already have the fish in there are they are seemingly doing well -- I just wish I knew where the heck I was in the cycle.
Today's readings were:
Ammonia: Seemed to have dropped slightly; we're now at somewhere between 0 and 0.25
Nitrite: STILL 0
Nitrate: STILL somewhere between 0 and 5.0
Should I try another brand of test?
The Aqueon statement is like a blanket statement, oddly enough it doesn't mention chloramine or ammonia.
I noticed that, too, about not mentioning chloramine or ammonia...
If you say the fish are happy and eating now, there is no reason to think there is something in the tap water.
Yes, there are even growing at a somewhat accelerated rate -- they are significantly larger now than when we first got them, and the calico's fork tails have developed aggressively. ZERO signs of visible stress.
However most here don't really recommend keeping goldfish in tanks, I think I may already have sent this but if not please read this:
What size tank for goldfish is a question that often arises on fishkeeping forums and usually results in a wide variety of opinions and suggestions
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I don't think you sent it before; I'll have a glance. May explain why I can't seem to keep these kinds of fish for longer than around five or so years (I was told on the vile, cancerous and overtly menstrual Kokos Goldfish community site that the kinds of goldfish we get at local pet shops, bred in captivity, are only good in terms of life span for somewhere between five and eight years or so).
But even the ones bred for tanks aren't good for them long term?