Thank you, Birger.

I have done another 25% change tonight. Both tonight and last night, the change after an hour measured ammonia at .25. Tonight, before the second water change, it was at .50. How many days do you suppose I should continue the water changes?

Many thanks!

After more reading, removed the ammopnia chips and did a 25 percent water changw, paying careful attention to temperature and adding water conditioner. I hope this helps!!!! Any advice for the next few weeks is welcome!!!

Hope I got it taken care of for now, anyway. A local fish friend told me to thoroughly rinse the ammo chips and put them in clean, rinsed pantyhose somewhere near the filter. I have done so and will continue to monitor.

Please don't call me stupid, though I suppose I am. We found a good deal on a used 30 gallon aquarium and rushed into adding a fish to it. We chose a featherfin sqeaker. The mom-and-pop store where we got the fish assured us that with gravel and other items from a previous tank, we did not need to ...