Raychel

I found glass paint in my local craft store which says it cures in 4 days and is top rack dishwasher safe if baked. It is the Decoart brand. Is this safe to use to paint the back of my aquarium (on the outside)? I would assume so, but I've always used spray paint before. I only picked this up because it is too cold to paint outside. Thanks!

Thanks! I actually did see that livestream and had been feeding the fish sparingly until the ammonia went up to 1 ppm. At this point I have stopped feeding. I am also using Seachem Prime and Stability to try to cycle the tank a little more quickly. I can't wait until my 29 gallon is cycled again! It's producing nitrates currently and there is a ramshorn snail happily munching algae even though the ammonia is pretty high in the tank right now (3 ppm previously 8 ppm) so fingers crossed the tank will be cycled soon.

Thanks for the replies! It does make sense that ammonia would be at 1 ppm. It is a new 10 gallon tank with 6 cherry barbs which I set up 2 weeks ago. I know this is not ideal but I have been monitoring the water quality with daily testing and a 25% water changes every other day. The ammonia level had previously been between .25 and .5 but now that there is more ammonia I may need to increase the frequency of water changes.

I have a question about the Aquarium Co-Op ammonia test strips that I am embarrassed to ask. I know it states in the directions that the test strip should be read immediately, but it seems the color will change after a few seconds of being out of the water. Should I consider the reading I have of .5 ppm right out of the water as correct, or the reading 5 seconds later of 1 ppm? Thanks in advance for any replies.