It was suggested that it was either constipation or worms; one remedy for the former was said to be green peas, shelled. When I looked again I couldn’t see the white stuff, so maaybe it was constipation; I tried giving them mushy peas anyway. Everyone seems to love them! So that’s a good addition to the diet, I think.

I finally found some ammonia yesterday, and added a little to the qt. Fishless cycle, here we come! I checked the pH in there again, though, and it had gone up again – don’t know how – so I added some more pH Down stuff. I hope it settles down soon. We didn’t end up putting the water from the tank into the qt – the hose wouldn’t reach – so it’s just tap water. As well, we decided to put new gravel in the filter.