This may be a simple answer….. but….

I just vacuumed, did a 1/3 water change [ I use reverse osmosis water] and rearranged the decorations. ONCE again ! I can’t seem to keep the decorations down in the water and where I want them to stay.

They have this plastic ‘boat’ on the bottom and I tried putting little rocks and then wedging large rocks in them.

They end up moving away from what I want ‘covered over’ or getting loose and floating to the top. Arrrrgh.

There must be a better way?

Thanks in advance.
Thanks, Junie, I DID have problems with the nitrite – nitrate levels and could not get them down with the smaller water changes. I usually do about 1/4 water change and that clears it up. Not this time. I even did a 1/4 water change, waited 3 days and did it again; no change 2 days after that. I called up the Aquarium Store in a nearby town for help and took in water samples for both tanks. The owner was amazed that the little 10-gallon tank was perfect and the big tank was ‘huh?’ what is going on here.

I use treated tap water that has sat out for a few days, but I was running out of water to put in.

Around here, we have fluoride *added* to our water & the chloride is not just plain chloride; I think it is chloramine – harder to clear. Do a search on *fluoride* to see it is outlawed in some cities & states because it is toxic. Put fluoride *on* teeth!

I have something made by *Tetra* to add minerals to the water.

Does this sound good?