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My tank has been set up for about 2.5 months.

Alright, so about a week and a half ago, I moved my tank from the basement to my room.... Here is what I did.

I got a gravel vac before hand and vacuumed the gravel which got out the majority of the water. Then, I unplugged a bunch of things and moved the tank and plugged everything back in.

A few days later I got my test kit.

Everything reads fine but ammonia has been going between 2 and 4 ppm... and I just can't get it down. I do water changes every other day.... I use Amquel*, which is supposed to reduce ammonia....

The fish really do seem fine and I want to tell myself that my test solutions are just wrong but I know the probability of that is like 1%.

There are brown specs forming all over my aquarium plants (fake) and one rock, that I can see. The other rock is a brownish red so I can't see anything due to it's color.

I don't know if this is brown algae or what. It's not stringy at all, but I've noticed it has popped up in my aquarium in the past week. I think this is due to the fact that my tank is near a window and I'm sure sunlight reflects off the snow and comes into the window. I try to keep my window closed for the majority of the day, though, and it's definitely not DIRECT sun light.

So... Help please?

Does ammo-lock work? I just really don't know what to do. I've been changing the water every other day since I got my test kit, which was maybe a week ago.

I have a wisper 10i filter... I have a water heater.. Temp is around 76-78. My tank currently has 3 cories in it.. I have held off on getting anything until my water is stable. I have an air pump... And my tank is a 10g. No real plants, all are fake. I have two rocks that are pourous (sp?). One is red and the other is white. I have gravel.... My lights are on maybe 10-12 hours/day.... The fish are fed normal amounts and the gravel has been vacuumed so it's definitely not buildup of old food.

Um.. I hope I gave all the information you guys need. Ask if you need more.

Tonight I will pop in a tank-buddies algae clear tablet.

Yeah, help please. =) Thanks.