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Originally Posted by susankat
Unless the water tests for ammonia it won't add it to the tank, Ammonia is caused by waste so hopefully you don't have it in your tap water. Now there could be other metals in the water that the stress coat doesn't remove which can cause problems. I would get a print out from your water company to find out what all is added in your water.
That doesn't look like mopani wood. But should be alright in the tank. If its grapevine it will rot a lot faster than most wood as its a softer wood.
If the bubbles are sitting on top of the water a few seconds before they pop I would say its caused by the stress coat as it has an oily feel to me and is probably coating the bubbles.
I wouldn't say the water changes killed the fish. Its one of the best ways to promote a healthy tank, even if you do them everyday. I have a tank that I do 50% on every couple of days and its one of the heathiest tanks I have.
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Almost all tap water has chlorine and chloramines. When broken down chloramine turns into chlorine and ammonia. API's stresscoat can neutralize the chlorine from the tap but leaves ammonia. Normally doing water changes is the best thing for your tank, but by doing water changes with API you are essentially adding ammonia to your tank unless you use another method to remove it quickly like ammo-lock which API lists on their bottle to use together. With other conditioners like Prime this would not be an issue. ;)